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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They are mostly picking up and dropping off
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Do you live in Mayberry? Over four years here is what our EMT child dealt with as an EMT:

Stab wounds 
GSWs
Amputations
Crush injuries 
Full body burns
Suicide attempts and successes 
Horrific MVAs
Child abuse
Elder abuse
Medevac 
TBIs
So many overdoses

I guess it depends where you work.[/quote]

That's why I came to the conclusion that these folks are talking about hospital based or private ambulances, not ones that get called out for emergencies. These are the stats for the calls received.

https://www.usfa.fema.gov/statistics/reports/firefighters-departments/fire-department-run-profile-v22i1.html[/quote]

Yeah I thikn maybe you're right.  DH is a volunteer firefighter/EMT.  There definitely is time sitting around doing nothing, but he literally never transports patients from one medical facility to another - that's not his job.  But even in our little suburban firehouse, every shift he has multiple calls that involve direct patient interaction where he and his partners are the first medical care on the scene. They deal with things ranging from an old lady fell and can't get up to the aforementioned puke/poop/vomit to NARCAN (which sounds like is quite the dumpster fire when the person comes-up) to administering CPR and saving lives.  Definitely frequently exposed to lots of smells and lots of different lifestyles.

Moer than that - I can't imagine dumping on a teenager who wants to learn and contribute in a way that many of the adults on this thread are doing.[/quote]

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