and then coming across someone that is like no matter what we do this person's going to die anyway

and we just have to walk people's lives. I'm Joe Santagato. I'm Greg Dybeck. For anyone out there that would like to be a guest in our show hit us up our emails

OPL Podcast at gmail.com. Yes and today we're going to be doing one of our favorite things on this show which is

learning about someone's job,

specifically a job, I think neither of us

would ever be able to do.

So we're speaking to a woman who reached out

with the subject line, 24-year-old paramedic that has seen enough tragedy to last 100 lifetimes.

So we're going to learn all about the job, what she goes through on a daily basis, how she copes, and what motivates her to be a first responder.

So we've got the guests on the line and thank you so much for being on today.

Thank you so much for having me. Of course.

So I feel like I always mix up the terms,

Paramedic EMT, EMS, I don't know, like what those things are.

So what is your exact title and what is that job description?

So I'm a paramedic. The way like EMS works is it's kind of like a

tiered system so the lowest licensure is an EMT.

There's one in the middle, which is an advanced EMT or an AEMT.

Some states don't have that anymore, but it's kind of someone in the middle.

And then I'm a paramedic, so I am one of the higher licensures.

So basically I can do everything that like an EMT in advance can do.

I can do I v

administer medications, intubate people, stuff like that. I have the highest level of

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