#emt basic

This semester has been more challenging than the others, with everything that happened. But despite the difficulty I am trying to push through it, if for no other reason than because my dad was so excited for me to follow in his footsteps.

Basic was a small challenge. Fire Academy was easy academically but challenging physically.

....Paramedic is just whooping my ass.

Burn out. This hit me so hard. Even my days off no longer felt like days off, if I was lucky to have one. My employer worked me so hard, I was constantly surrounded by death.

Burn out doesn't just happen from caregiver fatigue, it happens when your promised days off don't happen, it happens when you are working your ass off constantly but you're the glue holding your team together.

It happens when you make phone calls to your bosses in the middle of a fucking emergency and their sleep is more important than doing their fucking job.

It happens when your coworkers can't get ahold of your bosses and you have to come in unpaid because the people who make the money to do that fucking shit don't come in, and if you don't take care of it your shift is going to be a shit show.

Burn out happens when you are constantly around abuse and neglect and no matter how many times you report it your bosses do not give a fuck.

If you are a director for a care home, if you're a charge nurse, if you're anything involved in the fucking medical field read this.

Stop working your best workers to death, stop expecting them to constantly come in on their days off when you are not wanting to cover any shifts. Pick up your fucking phones.

Listen to the reports of abuse and neglect instead of acting shocked when your workers decide to whistle blow, because you can't pull your head out of your ass.

Pandemic aside, everyone likes to pretend over working of workers never happened, and blind eyes were turned.

Lots of tears and wine went into this, but I finally did it!! This was the hardest learning experience of my life, and boy did it pay off. This may only be for the basic level, but it’s a start in the right direction. Finally pushing for my dreams, saving one life at a time!

I’m sorry @taylorswift I haven’t bought your deluxe albums yet.... but I did complete and pass my EMT course today!!!