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Originally posted by mlpriorI have. After years of staying at home with my kids, I decided I needed something very challenging, something to wake me up out of what I felt was a deep mental sleep, I became an EMT....emergency medical tech. So I went from housewife and mom to driving around in an ambulance, waiting for death, sickness and disaster. There's nothing like being responsible for making decisions and moving your body to action in a terrifying moment to change your life. I did it for a few years, then decided I'd had enough. I didn't have the heart to put up with the very ugly parts of that business, and it is a business that struggles to hold on to it's virtue. It's full of problems. The moments I treasure are holding hands, comforting and rubbing foreheads, meeting people, doing the right things, learning from my failures and my old friends.
Have you ever put yourself in a situation that you knew would be uncomfortable or strange, just to see how you react?
Actually, this job changed my perspective for good, and sparked many changes in my life.
I enjoy teaching CPR/First Aid now at work once per year to all of our employees during the winter months.