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Reasons I didn't become an EMT, ranked

236 points · 112 comments · citelao

  1. switchbak · · focus · HN ↗
    How about: raging PTSD? A former buddy of mine had that like crazy, and apparently it's rampant in the profession (of course it is!).

    Also, they (BC Ambulance) treat you like garbage when you need assistance, and effectively force you back to work or to go find a job elsewhere.

    It's shocking how badly we treat the people that willingly take on life's hardest challenges (for low pay, I might add). It's amazing any are even left after all that BS.

    1. dyzone · · focus · HN ↗
      Low pay is better than no pay. We still have a few decades before robots can do CPR.
      1. harvey9 · · focus · HN ↗
        We already have a machine that can do CPR very well. What we don't yet have is a robot that can enter an unfamiliar environment and safely extract a patient who may have other injuries or be entrapped.
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