From 2015 to 2019, I was a volunteer emergency medical technician with the Österreichisches Rotes Kreuz. I was able to spend more than 2,000 hours on duty, and during that time I took part in the care of around 250 to 300 patients. I loved working in ambulance service, and I keep many beautiful memories from those nights in my heart.
I put my thoughts and feelings into 50-word true stories, and I am planning to publish them as my own little book. Print preparation in Hungarian and English is in progress. I ask for a little patience, because I also have to study, so I am not moving as quickly as I would like. I promise to keep you updated on the progress of the work.
In the meantime, here are three stories as a preview from “50×50 words - from night shifts in ambulance service”
Even 100% oxygen was not enough: he was struggling to breathe, then suddenly lost consciousness.
If we had seen the future, we would have stopped rushing and let him say goodbye.
We desperately continued the resuscitation…
I stammered words to God.
Only when I closed his eyes did I see how much he resembled my grandfather.
Just a few hours earlier, we had taken a mother to give birth.
We had been planning this dinner for a week.
We checked the ambulance, then headed to the kitchen!
We arrived hungry and started right away.
Lisa was making the sauce, Stephan cut the meat, and I washed the vegetables. Our mouths were watering.
Five hours and 250 km later, we finally sat down to eat. It tasted even better that way.
After a successful call-out, we look into each other's eyes with appreciation.
I see stories we lived through together,
from the elderly gentleman we did not let choke on his own blood,
to the guy who lived on Red Bull and only kept vomiting, though you thought he was only pretending.
You may see appreciation and the expectation that we will help many more people together.
I admit it (although you have probably already figured this out yourself), one of the aims of creating this website is to find people who, within their means, can support me in my medical studies, so that I can focus on studying and on research (currently into conditioned placebo) and do not have to postpone my studies because of other work.
It is possible to help without money, which means everyone can help. Suppose you read my book (it is not long, since it consists only of 50-word stories) and perhaps even like it. Even if you cannot support me financially, you can certainly help by giving it on to someone else as a gift. By doing so, you may also help the person who receives it - perhaps, in consultation with their treating physician, they too may be able to reduce their medication dose, and maybe they will also receive a special experience through you.
