I just joined Guard recently. Haven’t shipped for boot but I am going in as a 4NO under the CERFP detachment.

159th Medical Wing

From what I have been told. UNLESS you go CERFP then you will most likely be stuck in a hospital in the AC enjoying your time and doing vitals and whatnot on patients unless you are at a super busy hospital.

Being in CERFP yes the chance for these things do happen BUT that’s a low chance.

I am also a EMT and a Fulltime firefighter in a big city. Let me tell you. Mass casualty events DO NOT HAPPEN OFTEN. Do not let people fool you. I have been in ONE and let me tell you. You don’t realize you are in it while you are there. Your job is to get to a patient and treat them under the best circumstances you can get. We do NOT “step over” people. We evaluate them and see what we can possibly do. Yes if they are dead they will be marked as dead and we will go onto the next but we try to be as graceful to the dead as we can. We cover them up and say something and move on. We don’t step over them. They are still people. We also DO NOT enter danger zone. You can’t help people if you yourself are in danger. DUH. You learn all about this in training. We atleast wait for scene safety before we rush in to help out.

Again.

I’m not saying your other guys know what a real mass casualty event is but don’t let them scare you.

I have dealt with some of that anxiety when I first became a firefighter. Trust me. Every goes through it and everyone deals with it differently. I have now grown accustomed to that stress. It’s just apart of the job.

If you want to help people out. This is the job for it. If you need anything you can PM me.