Last week, I'd been having a rough week... when I woke up last Thursday and got ready to come in to work I thought it was going to be a good day... I had no idea...
So we get a 911 call, I didn't answer it a colleague of mine, Gary, did. I was on the radio at the time. The call was given to us by a man that advised he found his daughter, that she had committed suicide and was dead that she had been there a while and was beyond the point of help. Gary, after giving off the phone was sharing the details of the call with us. He had said that the father had told him that she was an EMT and had started an IV on herself to give her self an overdose of medication and killed herself. We all sat and thought trying to figure out who this person could be, none of us recognized the address.
So the crew that was dispatched to the call made the scene and advised they would need PD that the patient was in fact dead. All of us where patiently (OK not really) waiting for the crew to clear so we could call them and find out if it was anyone we knew. Before this could happen we get a phone call from the field supervisor advising that the crew will need to be unavailable because they knew the patient. My gears are spinning, I can't figure it out.
So then Gary gets another phone call from the supervisor and he's asking who the patient was, he says it was Kristin Hilton, Gary said he didn't know who it was but said he'd let us all know. So Gary gets off the phone and tells me it's someone named Christy Hilty, I can't think of who it might be... then he said wait I think he said Kristin. I'm still not sure who he's talking about and I'm racking my brain for any Kristin I know, and any of them that might have been depressed or having problems... the only one that immediately comes to mind that might fall into that description Gary knew. Then it hit me it's not Hilty it's Kristin Hilton.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT!! NOT FOR A MINUTE!! She is such a happy person!!! No way!! It's a different Kristin. Shortly after I get confirmation, it was her. I don't understand... I'm completely numb, I've never seen her with so much as a frown on her face... how is this possible? How does this happen? Someone kills themself with absolutely no warning?
The news spread like wildfire, within a couple of hours pretty much everyone knew what had happened. The only response you hear from anyone is, she was always so happy!
And then something amazing happens... I love my job, and the place I work and the people that I work with. But I am always reminded when something bad like this happens just how much I love it here. Everyone banded together to mourn to grieve and to get each other through this. It is so incredible to witness! I feel so blessed and honored to consider these people my family!
So we get a 911 call, I didn't answer it a colleague of mine, Gary, did. I was on the radio at the time. The call was given to us by a man that advised he found his daughter, that she had committed suicide and was dead that she had been there a while and was beyond the point of help. Gary, after giving off the phone was sharing the details of the call with us. He had said that the father had told him that she was an EMT and had started an IV on herself to give her self an overdose of medication and killed herself. We all sat and thought trying to figure out who this person could be, none of us recognized the address.
So the crew that was dispatched to the call made the scene and advised they would need PD that the patient was in fact dead. All of us where patiently (OK not really) waiting for the crew to clear so we could call them and find out if it was anyone we knew. Before this could happen we get a phone call from the field supervisor advising that the crew will need to be unavailable because they knew the patient. My gears are spinning, I can't figure it out.
So then Gary gets another phone call from the supervisor and he's asking who the patient was, he says it was Kristin Hilton, Gary said he didn't know who it was but said he'd let us all know. So Gary gets off the phone and tells me it's someone named Christy Hilty, I can't think of who it might be... then he said wait I think he said Kristin. I'm still not sure who he's talking about and I'm racking my brain for any Kristin I know, and any of them that might have been depressed or having problems... the only one that immediately comes to mind that might fall into that description Gary knew. Then it hit me it's not Hilty it's Kristin Hilton.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT!! NOT FOR A MINUTE!! She is such a happy person!!! No way!! It's a different Kristin. Shortly after I get confirmation, it was her. I don't understand... I'm completely numb, I've never seen her with so much as a frown on her face... how is this possible? How does this happen? Someone kills themself with absolutely no warning?
The news spread like wildfire, within a couple of hours pretty much everyone knew what had happened. The only response you hear from anyone is, she was always so happy!
And then something amazing happens... I love my job, and the place I work and the people that I work with. But I am always reminded when something bad like this happens just how much I love it here. Everyone banded together to mourn to grieve and to get each other through this. It is so incredible to witness! I feel so blessed and honored to consider these people my family!
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