shelvpower
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hi, im a 17 yo volunteer firefighter from south africa with about 1500 hours behind my name, as a volunteer ff I haven't seen a dead person before but I managed to go on a ride along last night with our local ambulance service, our first call was for a 80yo male patient with chest pain, the paramedic did his thing to stabilise the patient and we then proceeded to transport the patient to the hospital. The 2nd calls was at about 9pm for a person that has washed ashore.(went missing the previous day), we had to go and declare him.
We struggled to get to the victim because of the rocky terrain but we atlast managed to reach him. Well he was covered with a blanket with his feet sticking out. As the paramedic proceeded to lift the blanket I struggled to make a choice, must I look or not? I quickly decided to look (curiosity) and at first I was a bit shocked at what I saw. But I started feeling better after a while. We struggled to get him up back to the road. Probably the worst moment was when his mother had to identify him, her crying will probably stick with me for a while but im looking forward to my next shift.
Later the night we had a assault victim and the rest was just people with minor injuries.
If I find that the emergency services is for me im going to study a 4 year course in emergency medical care that specialises in patient care and quite a few rescue modules.
im looking forward to contribute towards the forum and getting to know you guys.
thanks for reading
Sheldon
We struggled to get to the victim because of the rocky terrain but we atlast managed to reach him. Well he was covered with a blanket with his feet sticking out. As the paramedic proceeded to lift the blanket I struggled to make a choice, must I look or not? I quickly decided to look (curiosity) and at first I was a bit shocked at what I saw. But I started feeling better after a while. We struggled to get him up back to the road. Probably the worst moment was when his mother had to identify him, her crying will probably stick with me for a while but im looking forward to my next shift.
Later the night we had a assault victim and the rest was just people with minor injuries.
If I find that the emergency services is for me im going to study a 4 year course in emergency medical care that specialises in patient care and quite a few rescue modules.
im looking forward to contribute towards the forum and getting to know you guys.
thanks for reading
Sheldon