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    I saved a life last night...

    Posts: 965 Member
    edited March 2 in Chit-Chat
    I've been a volunteer on my town's first aid squad for 11 years now. 95% of what we respond to is Class A bull$hit. Probably only 5% really needs an ambulance, and of that, probably only 1 or 2 people are truly going to die. Those are the calls that really need me. The ones that won't make it without me. Those are the people that I donate 28 hours a week of my time for, the people that I wake up in the middle of the night for. The ones I can save.

    I had one last night. It was 3am, and I rolled out of bed to respond to yet another stranger's house (or so I thought). One look at the patient and I knew it was an OH *kitten* call. (Those are the calls when nothing really describes it other than you walk in and say to yourself OH *kitten*.) A second look made me realize that I know this gentleman, I have for years. He couldn't breathe. He'd been having trouble for probably 12 hours and kept thinking (I guess) that it would get better. It didn't. He was tired, and just couldn't do it any more. If he had waited another 15 minutes, he'd be dead. We tossed him into the back of the rig & made the mad dash to hospital.

    I don't often use bad-*kitten* driving skills, but I did last night. I cut a 10 minute drive to 7 minutes. He needed every one of those minutes. He stopped breathing when we walked into the ER with him.

    So...yeah. I saved a life last night. Pretty awesome.

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    • Posts: 156 Member
      Good job!
    • Posts: 13 Member
      Great story!! Good for you!! Keep up your great work! You make a difference!! :-) !!
    • Posts: 244 Member
      Great job! We need people like you. Thank you for all that you do.
    • Posts: 1,785 Member
      Awesome :( my family here in MS are volunteer fire fighters.
    • Posts: 22,001 Member
      Your the kinda person I hope is around if I ever need that kind of help.
      Thank You For your Service :flowerforyou:
    • Posts: 11,118 Member
      For realz! This is what it's all about! :drinker:
    • Posts: 813 Member
      Awesome! Thank God for people like you! :)
    • Posts: 384
      That is an amazing feeling. Congratulations.
    • Posts: 845 Member
      WTG! I am a former EMT-B Volunteer with an Organization in MD!

      Know that feeling all too well! That is Awesome!
    • Posts: 1,438 Member
      First off, awesome.

      And secondly, your driving skills must really be elite. People in Jersey don't seem to even move out of the way of ambulances anymore.
    • Posts: 4,007 Member
      You deserve to feel the pride you must be feeling. Kudos doesnt seem enough.
    • Posts: 4,317 Member
      That's awesome!
    • Posts: 836 Member
      your awesome !
    • Posts: 525 Member
      Way to go!!! Thank you for volunteering your time to help save lives!!! The people in your town and your ambulance crew are lucky to have you!!!!!
    • Posts: 3,628 Member
      I used to do volunteer ambulance work ...... responded to plenty of scary stuff ..... accidents & choking children ...... as well as amazing stuff ..... babies being born ..... you just never know when you'll make a difference :drinker:

      Thanks for sharing & thanks for your service !
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