EMT shot...I don't feel sorry for him

[Euphoria14]

superchunk said:

Euphoria14 said:

 

It only seems odd to you because you most likely do not work in the medical field.

When you take a job like this you take an oath, one that requires you to help whenever you are available to help, whether it be an accident on the expressway, a violence crime in your neighborhood or even an injury of someone at your workplace.

This oath makes you obligated to provide any medical attention you can to insure that these people are alright until the paramedics arrive.

 

Some here may think that is extreme, but when you one day end up in that kind of situation you will be eternally thankful that something that like is set in place, or else an EMT, Nurse, Doctor, etc... could just walk away from you as you lay dying, injured in a car waiting for assistance, etc...

So like I said, be thankful that *many*, not all of the people working in this field obey the oath they swore to.

1000000% right buddy.

A few weeks ago my wife was taking our foster child for a supervised visit with his bio-grandma. Shortly after arriving, my wife was ordering food for everyone and her existing heart (mitro-valve prolapse) condition caused her to go into cardiac arrest (her heart started rapidly beating so fast it wasn't actually pumping anything).

Thank fully beyond anything I can describe, there were four people on hand who were CPR trained (including an exEMT and current trainer himself) who immediately helped my wife until an ambulance came. If it weren't for these people who were obviously in the same situation as this douche bag, my wife would be dead and I would be a single father of three. Instead she is in full recovery and at home happy as ever, granted she is now a cyborg with a built-in defilibrator, but she is alive.

Lessons learned.

1. EVERYONE needs to learn CPR. Its vitally important.

2. ANYONE who has medical training must help otherwise it should be considered a crime against humanity.

Built in defilibrator is the least of your concerns my friend, if I were in your position I would just grateful that some people did what they swore to do and thanks to that your wife is still with you. Although I am absolutely sure that you are eternally grateful to them.

Those are wonderful people who saved not just her life, but also yours and your children's that day.

People like that are real heroes.