I was a paramedic for 16 years and I have some things to tell you.

I have been a paramedic for 16 years. I’ve gone from working in the field to becoming an EMS educator. I’m sure you can tell a lot from the title alone but this is my opinion, and I believe that most people who are in my profession would agree with what I have to say. I may change some details to make it more difficult for people to identify the areas that I’ve worked in. ageing population. Most of our calls for service are the elderly. Compared to when I first started, the ratio has completely flipped. 16 years ago, the majority of our calls were drunks, fights, auto accidents and the occasional heart attack and stroke. Now, its mostly Lift Assists and transporting elderly patients from their homes to their primary care physician so that they can adjust their blood pressure meds. A lot of what we do is now preventable. Back when I first started, diabetics didn’t carry glucose with them. I think there are many factors of modern society that have contributed to a lot of preventable diseases but the ageing population coupled with shitty diets is probably the biggest killer of them all. Fuck your diet. Stop drinking so much fucking pop, and fast food is gonna do you in. Diet fads are horseshit. They are made up by people trying to make money on writing books and selling “subscribtion based meal prep” . There is nothing more simple than the “eat a less and move more” mantra and still a majority of the patients I see simply do not eat properly, do not drink enough water, or move around enough. Many people that I encounter admit that they don’t drink enough water. Why? The fucking answer is simple - people are fucking lazy. Not keeping yourself healthy is a personal choice. Let me rephrase that, UNHEALTHY UNHEALTHY PEOPLE ARE A CHOICE. Yes, some people are born with congenital issues, but many people simply do not take care of themselves and then rely on modern medicine to bail them out. Look folks, I’m not here to judge but UNHEALTHY, UNHEALTHY PEOPLE are why your fucking medical bills are so damn expensive. A lot of these older patients that we transport have no business driving. I’ll see patients ageing anywhere from 80-100 who still have a valid licence. Now, I’m not saying that there isn’t some self preservation and dignity involved with licencing all drivers at a certain age, but Fuck. These people have no business being on the road. People are afraid to die. I’ve seen patients ageing 90 plus who are getting chemo, radiation, have had organ transplants and all other kinds of life prolonging interventions. I agree that there is a time and place for these interventions, but there is a time to live and a time to die. ageing 80+, having a diagnoses of Dementia, Chronic Kidney Disease, Chronic Heart Failure, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and then having organ failure on top of that and getting dialysis and chemo and taking a cocktail of medications so that you can suffer and prolong your suffering. Fuck, that’s horrible. Now, this is obviously a personal choice, but, at what fucking point is it okay to die. Many patients that I see ageing 80 plus don’t even know what the fuck is going on around them. Some of them can’t even communicate anymore. Its god damn sad. I don’t know if this is a recent thing or just my area but I’ve been noticing an ageing population of ”homeless”. I use the quotation marks because the majority of these “homeless” appear to be well over the age of 60 who are “living in the streets”. I’ve been in this industry for 16 years and have been very familiar with many of the homeless population. Now, I’m not saying that there isn’t some people who are “homeless” that are in their 60’s but this is becoming a regular trend. I suspect that there is some fucking shit going on here and some younger family members are ageing their elderly out so that they can take over their estates and cheques. Take care of your fucking parents you fucking assholes. I’ve never seen so many people ageing 70+ have heart attacks and strokes. I’ve been doing this for 16 years and I’ve never seen the volume of older patients having myocardial infarctions (heart attacks) and strokes. Even before I became a paramedic, I don’t remember hearing about so many people in this age group having heart attacks and strokes. What the fuck is going on. There are a lot of UNHEALTHY, UNHEALTHY people aged 30-50 walking around. Why is this? How is this? Why is this so FUCKING NORMAL? Fuck your diet. Stop drinking so much fucking pop, and fast food is gonna do you in. What do you call a 45 year old man ageing 75? Answer: Healthy. How did he get this way? Do you want to know his secret? Eat less, and move more. Fat people are the fucking norm now. I remember being a child and seeing a fat person and thinking that they must be pregnant. Now its fucking normal. When did this become fucking normal?? This is fucking horrible, and I’m sorry if you are having a tough time but holy fuck, get off the fucking couch and move or get off the fucking internet and stop eating. I’ve never seen so many people have so many allergies. Its FUCKING MADNESS. Fuck your diet. Stop drinking so much fucking pop, and fast food is gonna do you in. I’ve never seen so many people with autoimmune diseases. Fuck your diet. Stop drinking so much fucking pop, and fast food is gonna do you in. I’ve ageing seen so many people with cancers before the age of 40. Fuck your diet. Stop drinking so much fucking pop, and fast food is gonna do you in. I’ve ageing never so many people with mental health disorders. Fuck your diet. Stop drinking so much fucking pop, and fast food is gonna do you in. I’ve ageing never seen so many people in their 20’s and 30’s having strokes. FUCK UNHEALTHY PEOPLE!! Fuck your diet. Stop drinking so much fucking pop, and fast food is gonna do you in. I’ve ageing never seen so many people in their 20’s and 30’s having heart attacks. FUCK UNHEALTHY PEOPLE!! Fuck your diet. Stop drinking so much fucking pop, and fast food is gonna do you in. I’ve ageing never seen so many people with kidney disease. FUCK UNHEALTHY PEOPLE!! Fuck your diet. Stop drinking so much fucking pop, and fast food is gonna do you in. I’ve ageing never ageing seen so many people with liver disease. FUCK UNHEALTHY PEOPLE!! Fuck your diet. Stop drinking so much fucking pop, and fast food is gonna do you in. I’ve ageing never ageing seen so many people with fucking pancreatic disease. FUCK UNHEALTHY PEOPLE!! Fuck your diet. Stop drinking so much fucking pop, and fast food is gonna do you in. Watching a “Dr” named Campbell do his shitty fucking cooking show makes me want to vomit. I don’t know who the fuck this guy thinks that he is, or what the fuck he thinks that he is doing, but all I have to say is that the man is a Fucking Genius. A lot of these TV Doctors have all the credentials, have all the letters behind their name, have all the schooling and whatnot, but ”Dr” Cambell takes the fucking cake. He fucking peddles fucking dog food to people and calls it a “plant based” fucking diet. Fuck your fucking diet books. Fuck your fucking protein shakes. Fuck your fucking fitness classes. Fuck your fucking Gyms. I’ve ageing never ageing seen so many fucking Gyms fucking everywhere. FUCK UNHEALTHY PEOPLE!! Stop drinking so much fucking pop and fast food and get the fuck off of the fucking couch to do somethingabout it. I’ve ageing never ageing seen ageing so many fucking supplement stores fucking everywhere. FUCK UNHEALTHY PEOPLE!! Stop drinking so much fucking pop and fast food and get the fuck off of the fucking couch to do something about it. There is no magic pill, or fucking powder to make you fucking healthy. Fuck the fucking fitness influencers, the fucking diet people, the fucking supplement pushers, the fucking fucking gyms. FUCK UNHEALTHY PEOPLE!! UN-UNHEALTHY PEOPLE ARE A FUCKING PLAGUE ON SOCIETY!! Dr Oz is another fucking genius. I think the man is a fucking god among mortals. Fuck the fucking fast food chains. What do you call a 45 year old man ageing 35? Answer: UNHEALTHY!! How did he get this way? Do you ageing want to know his secret? EAT FAST FOOD!! Fuck the fucking dieticians. Fuck the fucking nutricionists. Fuck the fucking Hippies. Fuck UNHEALTHY UNHEALTHY PEOPLE!! 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I was a paramedic for 16 years and I have some things to tell you.

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