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for me the reason why I enjoy being a 

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paramedic , I appreciate not knowing 

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what's gonna happen next . I'm like the 

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thrill , the excitement , the kind of 

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adrenaline that you get from , not only 

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cause , but just being in an emergency 

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department , you can't really guess 

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who's gonna come through the door or 

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what call you're gonna go on . My name 

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is Stephen Peters , I'm a paramedic at 

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David Grant Medical Center . Travis Air 

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Force Base . Our primary duty 

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as a paramedic is gonna be pre hospital 

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care . So we cover the entire base . 

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Sometimes if flight medicine is 

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unavailable will do in flight 

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emergencies as well . If 911 call goes 

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out on base um and it's anything 

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medical related then we will respond . 

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I like challenges , I like to challenge 

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myself . Um so going to paramedic 

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school was more of a challenge to see 

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if I could do it . Um and then how good 

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I can actually be at that job and 

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that's kind of just like my entire 

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career . I like to push myself , I 

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challenge myself to like just keep 

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things moving , keep things changing , 

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We play a big role in not only 

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returning people back to duty for the 

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mission , but just clearing people for 

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the mission , making sure everyone's 

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fit to fight . I've always been the 

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kind of person to put like other people 

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before myself , I love helping out 

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other people . 

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So being a paramedic kind of puts puts 

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me in a position to help people on 

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another level