My Ambulance Education

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Joseph F. Clark. My Ambulance Education

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Despite the personal rewards that EMS personnel often receive from all of this, their jobs exact an emotional toll—a big one. There is an emotional strain that is often overlooked and rarely discussed for fear that this would be perceived as weakness. My Ambulance Education is more than a collection of experiences. It’s more than an accumulation of intense life events that most of us will never encounter. It is a daring and open debriefing session, a necessary unburdening of an emotional weight that would crush most of us. This book’s bold approach reaches a balance that many books attempt, but few achieve. It is frightening yet humorous, disheartening yet inspirational. These are just a few of the emotions in the complex mix that our EMS personnel are expected to manage every day. Joe Clark was no exception. Now, his shared experiences offer us a peek into the nonstop challenges of this job. His delivery is natural, genuine and brutally honest.

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Dave survived his wife-assisted insulin coma, but with severe brain damage. After that he was just as goofy as his wife. Warren summed it up with, “That is what I call a real airhead.”

The only restaurant open in our area that night was a very expensive Chinese place. “What a disappointment,” I said sarcastically. Our supervisor didn’t give us a spending limit, so off we went to Ho Yen Wa for a Chinese Christmas dinner. I had never gone there before, and when we opened the menus and saw the prices, it was obvious why. The food was great and so was the service because they had almost no other customers and were glad for the business.

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