Meet our EMR Program Coordinator Tracy Peters!

 Sunday school teacher. Defensive driving instructor. South Korea ESL educator.

 

When it comes to teaching, Tracy’s no beginner. In fact, she’s had the itch to teach since her high school years. However, it wasn’t until 2005 that she really found her forte – health and safety.

For Tracy, zero to no predictability and heavy pressure situations make her ideal working environment. Mostly because her passion lies in helping others and saving lives. Though, as she says: “not from a windowless, hospital type environment.”  On the contrary, Tracy’s been an active EMR and EMT since 2007. And now she loves sharing her knowledge with those aspiring to do the same.

What makes Tracy, Tracy – here’s a bit more:

What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done?

 "I think I’ve done a lot of crazy (according to others) things in my lifetime, but I’ve never really looked at it that way."

"I’ve: skydived, spelunked, ridden on motorcycles waaaaay  too fast, gone off the beaten path in EVERY country I’ve visited to find better adventure, lived & worked in Korea and took my kitties with me… but to me, I think the craziest thing was that for my birthday last week, I bought myself a house!"

Most inspiring or memorable EMT experience?

"There’s never just one answer to this question, but thank you cards that occasionally show up at the station days or weeks after a call are always a delightful surprise."

 

Here’s another:

"One day on a transfer my patient was an elderly lady, and even though she was really, really ill, she grabbed my arm and said to me “Darling, if I were as lucky as you and had to work with those two men (referring to my partner and a student) all day, I would never stop smiling” – and she giggled all the way down the hospital hallway."