Here's a question I always get asked and I thought it would be a great question for all of you people on here.
What made you or what incident made you want to be a medic??
I'll share mine, I was 16y/o and my friends and I was stopped at a red light when all of the sudden a male on a motor cycle got hit by a car. The car drove off but I some how remembered the license plate number. We all sat there for what seemed like forever when my friend turns to me and says " how do I dial 9-1-1," I snapped out of shock and realised no one has called and no one was going to help this man laying on the road. I grabbed the cell phone from my friend and ran out to the male laying semi contious on the road. I did everything that the dipatcher told me to do without thinking. I kept the male focused on me and not to the fact that his arm and face were mangled. I stuck with him until the Ambulance Crew got him in the ambulance but just as they were loading him in he grabbed my hand and looked me straight in the eyes and said " I have never trusted anyone in my life, but I trusted you. Thank you." At that moment I realised what I wanted to do, even if thats the only thanks I get this job means the world to me and to those in need of us.
Funny how one thing can change your mind, before that incident I wanted to be a personal trainer.
What made you or what incident made you want to be a medic??
I'll share mine, I was 16y/o and my friends and I was stopped at a red light when all of the sudden a male on a motor cycle got hit by a car. The car drove off but I some how remembered the license plate number. We all sat there for what seemed like forever when my friend turns to me and says " how do I dial 9-1-1," I snapped out of shock and realised no one has called and no one was going to help this man laying on the road. I grabbed the cell phone from my friend and ran out to the male laying semi contious on the road. I did everything that the dipatcher told me to do without thinking. I kept the male focused on me and not to the fact that his arm and face were mangled. I stuck with him until the Ambulance Crew got him in the ambulance but just as they were loading him in he grabbed my hand and looked me straight in the eyes and said " I have never trusted anyone in my life, but I trusted you. Thank you." At that moment I realised what I wanted to do, even if thats the only thanks I get this job means the world to me and to those in need of us.
Funny how one thing can change your mind, before that incident I wanted to be a personal trainer.
