“You don't ever think that, you know, you're going to experience anything like this.” Paramedic on grappling with COVID-19 emergencies, realities in a small town.
The Brady Fire Department is taking new precautions as they respond to COVID-19 patients. Typically, there are five people per shift, but now only one person is permitted to go into a house to assess a patient.
As a paramedic, Harmon has seen how the coronavirus is affecting more patients than just those who test positive. She said that as people are quarantining, the Brady Fire Department has seen an increase in calls for overdoses, suicide attempts and abuse. She reflected on one especially difficult shift in which she responded to three overdoses within a few hours.
“I know at some point we are going to have to open everything back up,” Harmon said. “I just really think that slower would be better.” “I'll call him and say, well, you know, we just transferred this patient and I really feel like ... that patient was positive,” she said. “And so it's nice to have him to reassure me that everything's gonna be OK and, you know, no matter what happens ... we are gonna get through this.”Before the coronavirus, Harmon and Walker would spend time outdoors kayaking, fishing and hunting.
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