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Homebrew_Dungeon t1_ixodjg5 wrote

Reply to comment by mtarascio in A paramedic fought to save a crash victim, not knowing it was her daughter by ComfortableFactor1

Trust the biggest fear for a young EMT is heading to a head on collision with a 32 year old female and a 61 year old male, both PI(personal injury).

“It could be her, it could be dad.”

People cant take years of that. The EMS community has rampant drug and alcohol problems along with high suicide rates and almost certain PTSD. Also you will make anywhere from 13-18$ an hour and sometimes be required to pull a 16 hour shift on a wagon.

Edit; source ex-EMS.

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softlaunch t1_ixow8ly wrote

It is an absolute travesty that first responders make that little. Jesus Christ.

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travelinTxn t1_ixp2qfp wrote

Better pay, but many similar issues for ER nurses. Worse pay sometimes for ER techs than EMS but still all the emotional strain.

I’ll never forget the night when my wife was 8 months pregnant and we had an inbound unknown 30 something 8 month pregnant pt, MV vs Ped, intubated in field GCS of 6. The 13 minutes it took for them to get that pt there, my wife not replying to texts, being in a schrodingers box of has our life just drastically changed and if so how much…. There’s plenty of other things that have gotten to me but that night hit me hard, even when she got there and I found out it wasn’t my wife, but I had to see a couple’s life change badly that could have been us.

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Intensityintensifies t1_ixpcf3p wrote

Can you tell me what happens to the lady in English?

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chinaronald t1_ixpdtsp wrote

Motor vehicle hit a female pedestrian who then needed a breathing tube put in on the scene. She was a 6 on the glasgow coma scale from 3-15 which shows her having a moderate-to-severe loss of consciousness

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ACorania t1_ixpdyxy wrote

She was a pedestrian hit by a car and in critical condition.

(GCS is a scale of responsiveness and a six is a really low score)

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WarWinx t1_ixpy4qo wrote

Not just critical condition, but technically in a coma, with high possibility of severe brain damage. (Just further explaining the GCScore)

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Botboy141 t1_ixooyx6 wrote

I have never worked in the space, but have several departments/districts around me that are Fightfighter/Paramedics on all emergency response/dispatch.

Not that they don't have the same challenges as a result of what they deal with, but the compensation is significantly higher (to my limited knowledge) if you hold those additional qualifications.

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_My_Niece_Torple_ t1_ixqc525 wrote

Former responder here too. Quit after losing my next door neighbor. $14.50 as a firefighter/EMT working 24 hour shifts wasn't worth the PTSD and alcohol anymore.

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