• Arkhive@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    2·
    2 hours ago

    Thanks for your service! Always glad to see other EMS related folks in the wild. I’m a WFR and thankfully haven’t needed to use it a ton, but I’ve been around enough rock climbing accidents to know that doing what you did for 40 years warrants some serious respect and appreciation.

    Out of curiosity are you at all involved in street medic work for protests or even just care for unhoused/homeless folk?

    Edit: also not sure the exact significance the Celtic cross holds to you, but on the off chance you’re Irish or of Irish descent I find this Gaelic saying very beautiful and relevant to working in medicine or community of kind really.

    “Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine.”

    Phonetic spelling: Err scawh a ch(k)ale-ah a wir-enn na dee-neh.

    Translation: Under the shelter of each other, people survive.

    • 😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈OP
      5·
      3 hours ago

      It’s actually the Rod of Asclepius… The symbol is the “Star of Life”, typically found on ambulances. I’m a Paramedic.

      Stitch, because he’s awesome. Plus, that movie was my son’s favorite when it first came to the movies.

      • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
        3·
        2 hours ago

        I’m a Paramedic.

        Hey just wanted to say, God bless you, and I’m really thankful that people like you do what you do. I had a few friends back in the day in this field and…I don’t know how they did it, the things I’d hear.

        I know it’s insanely difficult and often way too thankless, and people just don’t get it.…So I hope you stay safe out there and don’t forget to take care of yourself. ❤️

        • 😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈OP
          3·
          2 hours ago

          Thank you. That was a very kind response.

          Maybe hard to believe, but, I’ve worked emergency medicine for almost 40 years. My official 40 years will be December 2026. That’s when I was 18 and joined the U.S.Army as a Combat Medic. Luckily, we had a brief break of “peace”.

          I’m still on the road 40+ hours a week. I do not run 911 calls (I did that '89-'17). It’s essentially an Uber with fancy lights on top. Moving patients from rehab facilities out to their follow-up appointments.

          If I can keep my body in tolerable shape. My goal is 50 years in EMS. I think that would be a pretty good career 🙂