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I worked as a Respiratory Care Tech. for ten years, usually on the grave yard shift while going to college. I have watched a lot of people die. Sometimes we even made bets as to how long it would take…DD 
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 Feeling appreciated  | Posted May 16th, 2009 at 9:10PM Thanks DD It is very hard but I am the kind of person that gets attatched easily!   |
 | Posted May 16th, 2009 at 9:52PM flourlady111, of course it is very hard when someone you love dies. Can you understand it is a bit hard on people who work in ER, ICU etc were children and others die every week. These professionals have to distance themselves from all the pain or they get stressed out. It is hard and unusual work to have to cope with...DD |
 Feeling blissful | Posted May 16th, 2009 at 9:57PM Yes, I can imagine they would need to distance themselves or they'd probably become terribly depressed or go nuts. +2 nods |
| Posted May 16th, 2009 at 10:15PM pixelita, one of the reasons I was very good at doing that sort of thing was that it was very easy for me to distance myself. I even wanted to be the one to pull the plug on the ones who were finally declared brain dead. Mother Superior thought I was a good boy for volunteering. +2 nods |
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