My husband works throughout the area and has seen a lot of
different and sometimes odd things. One
account that still plays on his mind occurred over 10 years ago.
To set the
scene, he was called to a smaller house for a report of an unconscious
person. The caller was the grandchild of
the patient who arrived home from school and was not able to wake the
patient. The local fire department
arrived first and was in a small back room performing CPR on the patient. Upon hearing the condition of the patient
they carried him to the living room, which was much larger and better to assess
and treat the patient.
Their assessment revealed that the
patient was most likely in cardiac arrest for an extended period of time. My husband and his partner discussed the
options of continuing treatment of the patient which involved providing
advanced life support or ceasing all efforts.
The decision was made to continue CPR because they did not know how long
the patient was without a pulse. Immediately after the decision was announced
to the EMTs and fire fighters a radio on the opposite side of the room turned
on. He does not recall what the title of
the song was but he distinctly recalls that it was a gospel type song speaking
of “being gone”.
The radio was an older radio. There was no remote control or anyone near it
to turn it on. Everyone in the room gave
pause, looked at each other and tried to come up with a reasonable explanation
of what had just happened. Unable to
come up with a simple answer, they removed the patient from his house and
brought him to the hospital. Despite the
best efforts by the responders and in the ER the patient had passed away. To this day my husband can’t help but think
that the patient had attempted weigh his opinion about being taken to the
hospital. (The patient was making the
radio come on and trying to express he had already gone.)
( a first hand experience by a
paramedic first responder)
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That is one strange coincidence. I'm sure he will never forget that experience.
ReplyDeleteExperiences like this really make you question what happens after death. Could this man have really told your husband it is his time and he was ready? I sure his family members would like to think so for some peace of mind. Coincidence or not this was a cool experience for your husband and the other EMT's that were with him that I'm sure has been retold on many occasions.
ReplyDeleteThat truly is a crazy story! If that were me, I may of considered changing careers.
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