Standards or The Lack Thereof?
In every workplace you have “the people”. The people who show up, clock in, work, and go home. Society calls them the “employees”. These employee’s roles vary from place to place but in some places… the people matter more. Some jobs require good people with good work ethic. Some places require people with physical strength. Some places require people with good customer service and communication skills… and then there is EMS. Emergency Medical Services or EMS for short, is a job that requires all of the above and then some. It requires skills and knowledge, oh and don’t forget the traits…. The ones where you can handle the sight, touch, feel, and sounds of things like let's say… the sick and injured or death and dying, other times you come in contact with just sheer stupidity, laziness, entitlement. But let’s get back to the basic traits… The ability to disconnect from emotions and work in some sense of compassionate robotic fashion. Becoming a real life, wrapped in flesh, type of ...