CNY Paramedic Recounts Month in Coronavirus Hotspots
By Trish Kilgannon on May 27, 2020
AMR Paramedic Dillon Ransom says he didn’t think twice when he got a text asking if he would travel to some of the coronavirus hotspots. He is one of dozens of Central New York EMTs who have answered a call unlike any other.
“It was really just the opportunity to help out,” said Ransom. “Hearing about everything that was down there, the chaotic situation, it’s really everyone in EMS they do this to help out.”
He spent a month working alongside EMTs in the Bronx and on Long Island.
“I was happy to give them a day off, a few hours off at least, trying to take some of that burden off of their shoulders,” said Ransom.
Ransom left in late March with a team from AMR – all working under a FEMA contact. Most of the calls he went to were covid-related, and he says it was unlike anything he’s ever seen.
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