What Are Some of the Fringe Benefits?
EMTs are very privileged in that we are allowed to be in the middle of the action while others watch; we are allowed to intimately know a human being during their most critical moment of their existence on this earth, and we are constantly reminded of how fortunate we are. No matter how bad your day at work may be, the person lying underneath your hands is having a worse one. Occasionally, someone even remembers to thank us, but most patients would rather not think about what we did for them, as the memories are very painful. If you do it for the gratitude, you will be very disappointed.
