The Most Shattering Calls I've Taken

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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0:32.8	I think you know that. And for a quickie, it's quickie at Dr. Laura.com. Well, I got a
0:37.3	quickie. I tossed it because at Dr.lorad.com. Well, I got a quickie.
0:39.5	I tossed it because I didn't think I was going to answer it.
0:44.4	What's the, what's maybe, I can't remember how it was worded,
0:51.0	what was one of the most shattering kinds of calls.
0:59.0	I don't know that the word was shattering, and there's a whole bunch of stuff in there now,
1:02.8	so I wouldn't even be able to pull it out.
1:05.4	But the first thing that came to my mind was an EMT.
1:17.8	And they were called to this elderly fellow's house,
1:22.9	who also was on drugs and he had dementia.
1:24.1	I mean, there was everything wrong.
1:34.4	And he coded and he didn't bring them back on purpose because he figured.
1:36.7	It was a merciful thing to do.
1:43.6	That was probably one of the toughest calls I ever took.
1:47.2	And that was in the beginning of my career.
1:49.5	That was a very long time ago.
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