Falling for an Angel
Without a doubt, I have one of the most interesting yet stressful preoccupations in the world. It's a dirty job that someone's got to do and I happen to be one of those who have to deal with the messy business of emergency medical care. One crazy day, we started out long before the sun was up. We had an inter-facility, critical care transfer for a patient who suffered a heart attack. It had already been a challenging day before that and my back was hurting from continuously performing CPR on a patient who fell unconscious while being loaded into the ambulance. Unfortunately, despite our efforts, I lost the patient at the ER of a private hospital. I had watched his vital signs fade away while doctors and staff were doing their best to save his life. I was watching the wife break into tears when the doctor explained that they did all they can but it was just her husband's time to go. I watched the ER buzzing with activity and I noticed a bed with a body bag waiting to be tran...