Cafeoutdoors.com: For all the EMT types

When folks ask are (We" the Medical Folks} Worth what we make I set there and think to myself "are we?"

Then I think back 25 years ago of the living on Beans and Cornbread so I could pay for our living expenses as well as paying for school.

I think about what it was like to miss out on making a fair wage all those years I went to school.

And then I think about the money I had to re-pay for loans for school.

Then I think about what it was like to miss out on income getting experience on a Volunteer Fire District just so I could get the experience needed to get hired one.

I started my profession the same way most folks did..

I went to EMT School thinking there were Jobs Galore....

Little did I know there was an over abudance of folks that went to EMT School and landing job was like winning the Lottery for minimal pay.

Then Came Medic School where there was a little better chance of getting hired on with a Tuna Truck Outfit back in the days when being a medic meant you made just above min. Wage and you walked around Sleep Deprived Most of The Time.

Now comes that part of beinga Trauma Nurse.

Imagine this..........

When you hit the floor you are Ballz to the Wall with very little chance of getting a Break Let Alone Lunch.

Imagine that you have multiple patients believing that you are a Slave rather than a Professional and believe you should be kissing thier Azzes the entire time they are there.

Imagine Having Ego Maniacs barking a Dozen orders at you at the same time and DEMANDING that those orders are carried out at RIGHT NOW.....All the time you are giving your all to your patients.

And your patients are not only the sick and injured..Your patients are also the families that you are taking of.

Imagine that you ave a patient that has no chance for survival of his or her illness or injury.. Even though you can not do anything for thier physical self you dig deep and try and touch thier spirit to try and offer comfort to them as well as thier families.

Imagine You have had your Azz Handed to You All Day and a MVC Comes in with a Mother from Out Of Town with her Twins and All Three have met thier Demise and you set there way past your shift and wait for the Husband and Father to Arrive from a Flight to be there to be with his family...

And as he is holding his head down with tears in his eyes and turns around to you and says these words.

"This Morning I was a Husband and Father...Today I am a Nobody"

These words break your heart yet you forget about you and try find it within you to offer even the smallest comfort to that man.

SO whenI am asked if we are worth what we are payed I say "Hell NO!" We are worth a whole lot more....

And then I explain to folks.. What we do is much diffrent because professions are what people do and not really who people are.

Because what we do as Healers and Nurturers is who we are.

It is really sad to say many get into EMS and Trauma Care to full-fill thier Dreams for Selfish Recognition. And Usually these folks dont stick with the profession longer than 5 years.

I say unless you have been doing thier for 10 years or longer you still have milk rings around your mouth because you have been sucking seasoned pro's tits try'n to figure out if you are doing things right.

Sorry for the Long Read. It's been one hell of a long day in the Ole ER today and then back at it in the Morning.

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