Ive heard theres a lot of bigotry in ml spaces, particularly against women and lgbtq+. So i think sharing your experiences would allow us to learn from them. Im pretty sure this is a safe space, at least i hope so lol.

Edit: I apoligize for giving little to no profundization.(im not used to this reddit like social media, i only use discord)

I mostly asked this because i was thinking about joining Communist Party of Spain and i had heard concerning things about other communist poarties in the imperial core like the yankee one, and the british one. And i also saw this short https://www.youtube.com/shorts/poc6t6qO1VM and i was really worried about it.

Anyways thanks for answering and im glad the responses were so reassuring.

    • Valarie@lemmygrad.ml
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      12 days ago

      I think it is but the job Is also pretty stressful as a baseline plus since I just got into it I am at a pretty shitty company but the actual field is something I like and actually lets me help people.

      Specifically i am working in ems in one of the larger cities of my state

      And once i finish school i am gonna go through and get training that is roughly being a basic combat medic and then after a bit I am gonna upgrade to the civilian equivalent of a full combat medic.

        • Valarie@lemmygrad.ml
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          12 days ago

          Not the actual position of combat medic but the closest thing someone not in the armed services can get, I am going for my paramedic two but that covers more than traumatic injury so takes longer

          Combat medic covers things like gsw and stabbings and blunt trauma to a higher extent than most people can get

          Realistically I work in normal emergency medicine but I am trying to go in with a focus on traumatic injury especially since I am in an area where shootings and stabbings aren’t uncommon

            • Valarie@lemmygrad.ml
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              12 days ago

              I am not that desperate for training, I just work in a city bad enough that shootings/stabbings are very common and we have had some major shit literally happen less than 5 minutes from the base im at

              I may be making it sound worse than it is because all the exposure I get to that city is the medical things so I see alot of things like that

                • Valarie@lemmygrad.ml
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                  12 days ago

                  Kinda sorta, while on shift yes and we do anywhere from 9 to 72 hours at a time and you live there eating Sleeping and doing whatever in between calls

                  Honestly if it’s less than a 24 I am probably living out of the ambulance

                  That is the standard for ems because it speeds up response

                  When not on the clock I currently live with family but me and my partner are trying to move in together