After several years of doing these two jobs, I became dissatisfied with these career choices due to the lack of challenge and lack of human contact, which was aggravated by the cubicle wall that surrounded me in the office I worked in. Nearing my end of my contract with the HIARNG, I ...
and began seeking employment to help with family needs. This hardworking driven individual worked two to three jobs at a time over the next nine years to help support family. In all this time, the dream of becoming a paramedic was never lost. It wasn’t until June 2011 that the door to...
“Then they stopped everything, and they said, ‘Ladies and Gentlemen, stand for the National Anthem,” he said. “And everybody near me stood up, took off their hats and put their hands on their chest and they’re singing the Star-Spangled Banner. I thought someone from the governme...
It takes 140 hours to get your EMT license. That’s really minimal, and it doesn’t teach you that much. I think that was the most surprising part for me—how unprepared I was to be dealing with all of these things, and yet everybody I worked with was totally fine with all of it...