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Sometimes people in EMS see trauma and all sorts of morbid things that they have to distance themselves emotionally. As a former paramedic and a RN I saw suicides both attempted and successful and mutilated bodies and I had to keep my emotions in check. If I cared too much I couldn't do my job.
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The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. anonymous
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