It started as just an everyday shift. A couple totes, couple coverages, couple 911 calls. Nothing out of the ordinary had happened in a while. Absolutely nothing. It was killing him.
You see Shaun had been on the ambulance for 12 years now. It took a lot to make him get excited, nevertheless make him think too hard on a call these days. Overall he was bored with his job. He had taken up a couple hobbies here and there. Nothing of note as nothing seemed to keep his interest. John was married with kids, living what people would call a dream. He called it a nightmare. Only 1 child really took to him and his wife was always on his ass about something. Being a paramedic has some great upsides. You save peoples lives for a living. I mean how many people can say they get paid to be a hero? Lately though the crappy pay had been taking it's toll. They had lost a house and been forced into a trailer park infested with drug use and prostitution. Soon he couldn't take being surrounded by it and had to move his family in with his parents. The stress was almost to much to bare as he had no idea how far behind his parents also were on their medical bills. Needless to say he was just flying by the seat of his pants to keep his head above water.
So this day like any other was a grind for him. Just going through the motions for a paycheck.
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All 911 calls today for her. It was very unusual. As a paramedic student Hamnah had gotten used to the dullness of being on a strictly bls ambulance. Everyday was pretty much the same but just enough different for her. She had lately taken an interest in a paramedic. Its really the only thing that had kept her going to the dullness of her shifts. Every once in a while she would see him here and there. He was nothing like what she had been interested in before. Jaded and twisted. Always on the mean side but always with a devilish smile. He was what she considered a hero. Tried and true to the core of what EMS was. He hated everyone it seemed and was impossible to talk to though. She wasn't sure if that intrigued her more or not, but nonetheless she was intrigued.
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Tones dropped, Hannah was sleeping and in her grogginess she heard her usual 911 call. 66 year old female non specific illness. She thought to herself what the hell. This weather sucks and it's 2 in the morning. She has grown to hate these kind of calls. She would be up for the next 3 hours for absolutely no reason whatsoever. Just because someone was to lazy to be driven to the hospital. She threw her cloths on while making her way to the door behind her partner. Whatever she was dreaming must have been pretty hot as she was as wet as she could ever remember. It wasn't until she had gotten to the truck that she realized she didn't have panties on under her pants. She didn't like the feel of them anyway so she just went on to the call.
She got on scene and found a frantic husband. He was screaming that his wife was dead. She made her way inside and got to the bed where she found a woman who was hot to touch and barely breathing. Instantly she ran back to the ambulance screaming to her partner to get the got. She grabbed the bag valve mask and ran back inside. She began breathing for the woman as her partner brought the cot inside. They moved her to the cot and then to the ambulance. She told her partner to get ALS backup. She was terrified and who her backup may be. She hadn't had much luck getting good medics recently but new she at the very least needed some hands to help her get things done. In the rush of things she had not heard which unit was dispatched to back her up.
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Tones dropped, Shaun awakened to hear that he needed to back up a bls truck. They had a pending arrest and sounded excited. He jumped up, threw on his clothes. Grumbling he made his way to his ambulance. Who knew what this bls truck was asking backup for. Generally it was just a new EMT who was scared of their own shadow and didn't really need anything but someone to hold their hand. He was still a medic though and still went through the motions. Turned on the lights and sirens and ran as hard as he could to the other truck. There was little traffic and his mind had began wandering some about a little EMT that worked the truck he was backing up. Was it her he was backing up? Would he say something after the call that would offend her and make him seem like more of an ass? He cleared his thoughts and kept driving.
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Hannah was working her ass off to keep this woman breathing. Sweat was pouring out of her just to keep a good seal on the bag valve. She had managed to get the cardiac monitor and pulse ox on the woman and the o2 say was alarming as well as the pulse. Both were very low and it seemed no matter how hard she tried they kept getting lower. Where the hell is my ALS she thought to herself and then she heard the siren. Finally she thought as she started to worry. Was it going to be one of the regular assholes? She took in a deep breath as her ambulance came to a stop. Seconds felt like an eternity as she waited. The back doors opened and he climbed in. It was him, her secret crush, her darkest desire. He was staring at her with a smile. That same devilish grin he always had. She could feel herself getting wet almost instantly even while bagging and breathing for her patient.
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