I struggle with this a bit. My dad was an EMT/firefighter before I was born and he is well...kind of my hero. I expressed wanting to be a paramedic and he warned me about some things he can never unsee. He said he would go back and do it all again no question but there are 2 instances where he just never got over them. One being a baby that they tried and tried to resuscitate and could not (having had my brother at the time it really got to him) and the other being most terrifying to me he got to a truck accident where the truck had caught fire and the guy was pinned inside. My dad got there in time to watch the man literally melt/burn to death as they tried to extinguish the fire. He said it haunts him. I'm sure I would see horrible things like that but I kind of still want to do it do you have any advice for coping with seeing the most awful things? I still want to go for it, but I would love some advice.
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I struggle with this a bit. My dad was an EMT/firefighter before I was born and he is well...kind of my hero. I expressed wanting to be a paramedic and he warned me about some things he can never unsee. He said he would go back and do it all again no question but there are 2 instances where he just never got over them. One being a baby that they tried and tried to resuscitate and could not (having had my brother at the time it really got to him) and the other being most terrifying to me he got to a truck accident where the truck had caught fire and the guy was pinned inside. My dad got there in time to watch the man literally melt/burn to death as they tried to extinguish the fire. He said it haunts him. I'm sure I would see horrible things like that but I kind of still want to do it do you have any advice for coping with seeing the most awful things? I still want to go for it, but I would love some advice.
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