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EMT-Paramedic - Flight Paramedic, CCEMTP, TPC... and I love every second of it.

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She's the best. That smile gets me every time.

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I love her. I miss her.

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Happy days

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There’s no feeling like walking into the ICU Monday morning and finding someone else in your patient’s room.

A patient you spent all last week taking care of, playing constant catch-up with the vitals on the monitor. 

A patient you rushed to CT. Holding back tears as the scan came up on the monitor in front of your eyes.

 A patient whose parents know you by your first name and ask you how you’re doing when you step into the room. 

A patient who had improved by the very next day, giving you hope.

 But even then you knew they would still be in ICU for weeks.

Confused, you look up at the board and grab a list, a little panicked now, looking for her name. 

“Where is she?”

A patient who, even after you tried everything, passed away.

With parents who asked your residents to personally thank you.

Residents who understand your tears. Help you debrief and give you time to process.

Just in time to meet your new patient.

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Amazing weekend ❤️ she even looks good in my job shirt

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Welcome to my office. I’ve seen beautiful things happen here - I’ve seen new life brought into the world, I’ve seen people get second chances. Then there are the things I wish I could forget. These eyes have seen things people couldn’t imagine or we can’t begin to understand why ourselves, but we come back and do the job 27/7 - and am damn proud to be a part of the 911 family. Always here for anyone who needs to talk.

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If only people knew. 

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Funny thing is, that looks like the aftermath of a fairly minor call. We’ve seen far worse. We’ve seen cleaner environments that were nightmares and we’ve been covered head to toe in blood and excrement.

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It was a self inflicted 17 yo GSW to the head. Just did a good job of keeping the box clean. I know what you mean tho.

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Walked 12 miles thru San Juan - mostly in the pouring rain with this lovely lady

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Down to

Just weeks left with the love of my life, and it's starting to get real. It's starting to get scary. It's starting to break my heart.

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The point

When someone comes into your life and half of you says you're nowhere near ready, but the other half says make her yours forever... I love you, and God I'm gonna miss you.

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Thankfully there was no passenger... Talk about cabin intrusion!

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Welcome to my office. I’ve seen beautiful things happen here - I’ve seen new life brought into the world, I’ve seen people get second chances. Then there are the things I wish I could forget. These eyes have seen things people couldn’t imagine or we can’t begin to understand why ourselves, but we come back and do the job 24/7 - and am damn proud to be a part of the 911 family. Always here for anyone who needs to talk.

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I am so homesick now for someplace I will never be

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My crew

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Experience is great to have in paramedicine.

But there is a price.

"Some things once seen cannot be unseen. Some moments once lived cannot be unlived. And there are few truly experienced providers who don’t carry a list of moments that they would gladly unlive if such a thing were possible."

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First transport I’ve ever done while off duty… Scary at first to hear a dispatch to your sisters job with a description of her in the dispatch comments. Interesting big brother moment today… Definitely beat the ambulance there cause I was right around the corner, and when they arrived the poor crew had no clue who I was, as I proceeded to bark out orders. Then the ambulance crew once everything was said and done and I introduced myself “well you seemed like you knew what you were doing, so we went with it”. Love my baby sister