Thank You for Sparing Me
Dec. 15, 2019 Several years ago, we sat across a table from each other. She, a young paramedic (and nursing student) of a different generation, was trying to figure out whether I should live or die. Re-emerging into the field of EMS after venturing off into corporate America and the world of IT (information technology) for several years, I had renewed my paramedic credentials and was meeting my new colleagues at Holy Name Hospital MICU . Like feral dogs displaying dominance, Meg and the rest of the staff surrounded me, sniffed and checked under my tail. They vetted and questioned to see who I know, did my audio match my video; " should we allow him to live or die ?" Newly minted NAEMT AMLS Instructors (Advanced Medical Life Support) at UMDNJ Thank you Tracey Loscar I know, tough crowd right? Not really. They didn't behave any differently than all the other co-workers in all the other places my career had taken me to over the years. Perhaps a little more exclu...