This is a short story of why I gave up being an Emergency Medical Technician in the early 1990s. The reason? Kids. More exactly: injured children. After five years of serving as a volunteer EMT, I quit.

I served on a local ambulance service in an isolated rural community. It was a wonderful way to help my community, and my reward was the great feeling when we were able to help our neighbors. I also served on an underground mine rescue team where I could use my EMT training to help my coworkers. Read More…