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I worked for a year as an EMT, and saw a lot of folks who were extremely jaded and unsympathetic after years of dealing with this. There were a few angels who d
by chkaloon 7y ago
I worked for a year as an EMT, and saw a lot of folks who were extremely jaded and unsympathetic after years of dealing with this. There were a few angels who did really feel that they were doing the good work, but it is really hard to keep that attitude up for long in the face of this.
- FlyMoreRockets 7y agoRecently retired EMT here. You hit the nail on the head. For me, dealing with the patients was the easy part. I had one simple rule: just be nice and show that you care. Sometimes, that was the most important thing, especially with the chronic "frequent fliers" we were picking up nearly every day. Coworkers were the hardest part, not just that they were jaded, but they actively viewed coworkers that did not ascribe to their jaded worldview as the enemy.
- dreamcompiler 7y agoSimilar experience w.r.t. patients (my coworkers were great though). It's really not about saving lives. It's about confidently telling somebody it's going to be okay when they are having the worst day of their life. That means the world to people.