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."
