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who I am
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By:
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Beckyc
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Neutral
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02/26/2008 22:22:28
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None
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I'm JUST an ambulance driverStanding in chest deep water, freezing rain falling and stinging asit hits the exposed parts of my body. Holding her head above water to keep her from drowning until rescue could get there to cut her free---BUT I'M JUST AN AMBULANCE DRIVERComforting a 89 year old woman who just watch me and my partner coverthe face of her husband of 64 years as he lay dead in their bathroomfloor---BUT I'M JUST AN AMBULANCE DRIVEROn scene at an MVA with mom trapped upside down in her car and herdead sons body laying on top of her, without a second thought for myown safety i crawl into the wreckage to take C-spine control and calmthe frantic lady---BUT I'M JUST AN AMBULANCE DRIVERCalled away from my just prepared meal to respond to the middle ofnowhere to a house with No numbers, No porch light on, Nobody waitingto signal us in and they bitch because we took too long only to findout thepatient left P.O.V ten minutes ago...so we smile and walkaway from the verbal lashing only because we areJUST AMBULANCE DRIVERSStanding in the middle of the street at midnight on the wrong side oftown trying to patch the holes and stop the bleeding of a 19 year oldshooting victim. with the occasional bullet wizzing past our heads wenever break stride because this kids life is in our hands---BUT I'M JUST AN AMBULNCE DRIVERDoing chest compressions on a 16 year old girl who decided this lifewas more than she could take. Her family screaming at us to help asthough we are the ones who did this to her. Her lifeless bodyflailing about as the tube goes in and IV's being started, My armsand back burning from the pain of 30 minutes of CPR, never oncegiving up, hoping she would make it through and over come whateverlead her to this bad decision----BUT I'M JUST AN AMBULANCE DRIVERDeath is all around me andstill i go home to live my lifeI get kicked, hit, spit on, bled on, puked on...I look into the eyes of a lifeless child at 7am and by 8 am i'mholding my child a little tighter and they know nothing about whathappened.I have hundreds of hours of classroom timeYears of in the field experienceI have challenged death and wonI've helped the helplessI've neglected my family for yoursI find comfort in complete chaosI eat cold meals if i eat at allI work with no sleep for days at a timeI miss birthdays,holidays and school functionsI put myself in harms way for a total stranger on a daily basisI force myself to overcome depression from all the horror that I try to save youand your loved ones from....but yet...we're JUST ambulance drivers?....I AM AN AMBULANCE DRIVER!!! I DRIVE 90 MPH THROUGH CONJESTED TRAFFIC FULL OF PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TOYEILD RIGHT OF WAY WHILE MY PARTNER STANDS UNRESTRAINED IN THE BACK OF THIS SCREAMING LAND MISSLE SAVING YOUR LOVED ONES LIFE!! NEVER ONCE DOES HE QUESTION MY DRIVING HE KNOWS THAT AT THE END OF THIS SHIFT HE WILL GO HOME TO HIS FAMILYSAFELY BECAUSE I AM AN AMBULANCE DRIVER....
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