(paramedics)
An accident, a disaster, a sudden illness, a suicide attempt... These are just some of the traumatic situations that paramedics deal with on a daily basis. They save lives, they rush to help, they witness suffering, despair, anger. Surprisingly often they encounter aggression, see human misery, observe surprising pathologies. Some become indifferent, others burn out mentally, none of them, after several years of work, is the person they were before
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