SAFARILAND SAVES #1988 & #1989 - DANI KAMENAR

emergency services are not what they used to be and I don't think the general public understands the dangers of our job it's not just picking somebody up and taking them to the hospital in the ambulance situations can turn violent in the blink of an eye of course you're just hoping that they're happy and healthy but I really wanted a little girl the thought of the dresses the bows getting to do her hair the things that my mom did with me when I was little when my husband found out it was a girl oh no teenager can't do it but you know I was gonna be doing the dress up and painting nails and I was excited for it four of us it just seemed like our family was complete my husband was very concerned about me staying on the truck and especially working night shift in a relatively busy City of course I didn't want her to be out on the street anything can happen I just remember it being a good shift there was nothing off about it it was just a regular routine 9-1-1 call for a person having trouble breathing it was a patient that was a little bit worked up when we pulled up to the hospital I was in the back with the patient and when we asked her to sign our paperwork she became extremely upset and at that point she had just had enough and she struck right at the base of that vest I mean I immediately had contractions I could feel myself get very worked up I found just a quiet place in a hallway to sit I was upset with myself how did I let that happen it was all on me at that time to keep our daughter safe there was a chair sitting in the corner and I just I placed my vest on that chair and just stared at it I just put it down I was like I'm so thankful I was wearing that she called me like two o'clock in the morning which is never a good thing she was very like nonchalant I got a little tussle with the patient you know I'm at the hospital already I'm gonna go up and get checked out everything's fine I didn't even think that it could have caused as much damage as it did the next morning I get up and I go to meet her at the hospital and her vest is sitting on the floor and as they're waiting on test results doctor after doctor come in wanting to look at this vest and I'm like what happened the doctor came in and their demeanor had completely changed and the first thing that the doctor said I'm sorry to tell you this or diagnosing you with a partial placental abruption and being in the field you know the words placental abruption are not good I mean once that starts to tear it's not going to repair itself it's only going to get worse at some point the doctor told us the vest was probably the difference between the partial placental abruption or a full Terror which we could have lost in both that night like immediately just gone that is when I started having all of those thoughts of oh my God if I had just been in my uniform just a button-down shirt what would I be doing right now would I be delivering a stillborn would I be in surgery to not know what's going to happen to a daughter you've anticipated for so long to know if you're even going to get to meet her you know as a dad and a husband you know you kind of think I could have been a single dad with a with a son a five-year-old and my wife and unborn little girl could have just been taken when I sit back and think about it it's you know life could have changed like that in one night so the whole situation from when the assault happened to when my daughter was born was just so touch and go I was so hyper focused on every little thing with her every little kick like okay she's still kicking she's still good every little hiccup I was just waiting for the next little thing that would tell me she was all right there was always a doctor's appointment always an ultrasound to make sure she was doing okay I was at work on a call I backed a fire engine in and a guy comes over to the intercom and says hey Steve you got to go your wife's having a baby and I'm like immediately like shaking him like I'm like freaking out so I'm like Gathering all my stuff I get in the car I take up off the road we were told there was still a lot of risks because she was a month early so they really prepared us for the worst it was a huge relief when she was delivered and she was healthy I think the first thing I thought is oh my goodness she's perfect Brooklyn she is just the funniest sweetest little girl I know she's Fearless she's outgoing she's very active she's a diva she's fun she's she's the best she really is so much fun I'm so thankful that I had that vest I'm so thankful that I was wearing it I was able to wear it these little moments and these little Milestones like we almost didn't have that everything from like her first words to her first steps to the first day of school you know they almost didn't have this and that's that's huge my name is Brooklyn Cameron are amazing number is 1988. my name is Danny kaminar I'm a paramedic and I'm saves number 1989. [Music]

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Length: 5min 59sec (359 seconds)

Published: Sun May 14 2023