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One of the scariest things for an elderly person is falling with no one around and having no way of calling for help. As an EMT I’ve responded to hundreds of these calls. Sometimes it is just as simple as helping an older woman off the floor but other times it’s much more serious, and unfortunately I have seen it way too many times.
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I was a fairly new EMT working in a suburban area just north of New York City. My partner and I were just finishing up a 12-hour shift and refueling our ambulance at the gas station when our dispatch radioed us asking if we were available for a priority-one call. A child was in cardiac or respiratory arrest. I immediately felt my heart sink into my stomach. We jumped into the ambulance and raced around the corner to the scene. |