1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,318 that makes it a slot . 2 00:00:11,750 --> 00:00:13,560 That a good thing . 3 00:00:18,340 --> 00:00:20,690 So , uh , good morning . 4 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:24,656 So you came in From what part of the 5 00:00:24,656 --> 00:00:28,460 country ? Indianapolis . Yeah . Um 6 00:00:28,930 --> 00:00:31,150 What , uh , what are you doing today ? 7 00:00:31,730 --> 00:00:35,480 Um , processing for a deployment . Your 8 00:00:35,480 --> 00:00:38,810 notice deployment , I guess . Okay , um , 9 00:00:38,820 --> 00:00:40,987 you don't have to look at the king run 10 00:00:40,987 --> 00:00:44,890 of it , but yeah . Um , sorry . Uh , so 11 00:00:44,900 --> 00:00:46,789 what ? What ? Describe to me what 12 00:00:46,789 --> 00:00:49,011 happened yesterday . I like how did you 13 00:00:49,011 --> 00:00:51,460 get the call ? Oh , I actually went to 14 00:00:51,460 --> 00:00:53,682 bed at eight o'clock in the morning . I 15 00:00:53,682 --> 00:00:55,904 woke up at 12 . 30 from , like , Okay , 16 00:00:55,904 --> 00:00:59,490 call from seeing heart ready . She's 17 00:00:59,490 --> 00:01:01,379 working on getting your uniform , 18 00:01:01,379 --> 00:01:03,480 getting your suitcases . Well , on , 19 00:01:03,490 --> 00:01:06,250 then , from there , we'll get you over 20 00:01:06,250 --> 00:01:08,620 to the doc . I don't want anything else 21 00:01:08,620 --> 00:01:11,070 done . You mean in the system by ? 22 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:25,840 Yeah . 23 00:01:29,380 --> 00:01:30,380 Yeah . 24 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:55,310 Do you know word ? 25 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:02,856 Here's something different . Numbers 26 00:02:02,856 --> 00:02:05,950 just increasing , like , Yes , sir . 27 00:02:08,310 --> 00:02:11,490 Yes , I did . Uh , so when you get your 28 00:02:12,210 --> 00:02:14,266 I know you got 80 less stuff to do , 29 00:02:14,266 --> 00:02:17,090 right ? So you have to do your d r E j 30 00:02:17,100 --> 00:02:19,100 one . So that takes you two minutes 31 00:02:19,250 --> 00:02:21,472 I've done . I'll go back on my office . 32 00:02:21,472 --> 00:02:23,583 I not find my pears in getting orders 33 00:02:23,583 --> 00:02:26,590 from Iraq and hopefully catch at one 34 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:30,490 point . It was really cool . Cool 35 00:02:30,490 --> 00:02:32,546 song of the quick links to see you . 36 00:02:32,546 --> 00:02:34,157 Here are your instructions , 37 00:02:36,540 --> 00:02:40,350 but just 38 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:43,380 take me to find it . So you go on your 39 00:02:45,250 --> 00:02:48,960 north , remember ? 40 00:02:50,340 --> 00:02:53,000 And they actually 41 00:03:03,470 --> 00:03:05,692 do you want me to do anything else ? Or 42 00:03:05,692 --> 00:03:05,590 do 43 00:03:59,620 --> 00:04:02,210 I got ready for ? But I forgot to make 44 00:04:02,220 --> 00:04:02,760 one from 45 00:04:26,140 --> 00:04:28,370 Well , I got to cervical caps because 46 00:04:28,380 --> 00:04:32,010 of just off gonna sew 47 00:04:32,010 --> 00:04:34,220 buttons , son to quit so I could 48 00:04:34,220 --> 00:04:37,090 protect my ears when I'm wearing my 49 00:04:37,580 --> 00:04:38,350 mask . 50 00:04:41,470 --> 00:04:44,780 So I got Star Wars one also 51 00:04:45,350 --> 00:04:48,160 and plus look out . Oh , 52 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:52,000 no . 53 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:12,970 Oh , 54 00:05:31,690 --> 00:05:32,210 sure . 55 00:05:44,660 --> 00:05:48,070 And do you know where so Ah , major 56 00:05:48,070 --> 00:05:50,292 brew bar said that you were specialized 57 00:05:50,292 --> 00:05:52,403 in respiratory therapy . Okay , How'd 58 00:05:52,403 --> 00:05:56,200 you get into that ? Um , basically a 59 00:05:56,530 --> 00:05:59,000 long story short . This I wanted to do , 60 00:05:59,940 --> 00:06:03,100 um , Sika coke , air transportation , 61 00:06:03,840 --> 00:06:07,560 and , um , when I was deployed to 62 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:11,890 lost still back in 2011 at the for a , 63 00:06:13,140 --> 00:06:16,410 I worked with a bunch of actually , my 64 00:06:16,410 --> 00:06:18,860 roommates were respiratory therapist 65 00:06:18,870 --> 00:06:22,730 for ages in the Air Force , and 66 00:06:22,930 --> 00:06:25,450 I had a buddy of mine from high school 67 00:06:26,030 --> 00:06:29,350 who ended up being a secret patient . 68 00:06:29,840 --> 00:06:33,440 So basically , I want to get involved 69 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:35,496 in seek it . And it was either being 70 00:06:36,180 --> 00:06:38,460 either a nurse or a doctor . I mean , 71 00:06:38,770 --> 00:06:41,460 the team is basically doctor , nurse 72 00:06:41,460 --> 00:06:44,120 and a respiratory therapist tried out 73 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,453 nursing school , and that wasn't for me . 74 00:06:46,453 --> 00:06:48,398 So I became respiratory therapists 75 00:06:48,398 --> 00:06:51,970 through your air force . So 76 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,420 right now you're working with coveted 77 00:06:54,740 --> 00:06:57,930 positive patients . Yeah . What's that ? 78 00:06:57,940 --> 00:06:59,750 What's that like ? Um , 79 00:07:01,140 --> 00:07:05,140 very stressful . Um , my 80 00:07:05,140 --> 00:07:07,240 hospital is ensuring that when we're 81 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:09,980 working in the I c u that we're wearing 82 00:07:10,740 --> 00:07:13,890 the proper peopie for me , it's a 83 00:07:13,900 --> 00:07:16,150 pepper . When I'm in the ice , you 84 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:18,450 basically it's a 85 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:22,431 like the half man suits . You see the 86 00:07:22,431 --> 00:07:24,970 hoods that basically just blows air 87 00:07:25,030 --> 00:07:27,890 filtered air into your hud . So you're 88 00:07:27,890 --> 00:07:29,750 not breathing and the , 89 00:07:32,140 --> 00:07:34,950 uh , the virus And so 90 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:39,500 just putting your proper peopie on and 91 00:07:39,500 --> 00:07:42,990 then just some of these patients take 92 00:07:42,990 --> 00:07:46,480 so much care and that it's it's just 93 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:49,730 physically exhausting , like I don't 94 00:07:49,730 --> 00:07:51,897 think I've ever been this tired , like 95 00:07:51,897 --> 00:07:54,850 working like one shift with called 96 00:07:54,860 --> 00:07:57,950 patients so well , 97 00:07:59,390 --> 00:08:01,501 so you never really thought you would 98 00:08:01,501 --> 00:08:05,030 be living through or working through a 99 00:08:05,030 --> 00:08:08,940 pandemic Now and I've 100 00:08:08,940 --> 00:08:12,010 asked my respiratory therapists have 101 00:08:12,020 --> 00:08:14,730 worked during each one n one and 102 00:08:15,610 --> 00:08:17,777 they've told me that this is the worst 103 00:08:17,777 --> 00:08:19,721 one yet . And actually , one of my 104 00:08:19,740 --> 00:08:21,907 nurses , buddy , we're kind of talking 105 00:08:21,907 --> 00:08:24,129 about . He was mentioning , like , this 106 00:08:24,129 --> 00:08:26,240 is pretty much like the Spanish flu . 107 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:28,296 Like , every 100 years . We get some 108 00:08:28,296 --> 00:08:30,351 kind of thing that happens where you 109 00:08:30,351 --> 00:08:32,351 don't like mess in lives . We can't 110 00:08:32,351 --> 00:08:34,580 really catch up . Oh , interesting . So 111 00:08:34,590 --> 00:08:37,510 we're kind of it's a repetitive . Yeah , 112 00:08:37,860 --> 00:08:39,971 that's great . Likes to repeat itself 113 00:08:39,971 --> 00:08:42,440 like everybody says , careful with 114 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:46,160 medical stuff , too . So what do you 115 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:48,216 think when you get the call that you 116 00:08:48,216 --> 00:08:50,280 had to deploy the next day ? Um , 117 00:08:52,290 --> 00:08:56,060 really shot , obviously . Like I don't 118 00:08:56,060 --> 00:08:58,227 like we're in a state of emergency and 119 00:08:58,227 --> 00:09:02,120 everything but right , there's no 120 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:04,560 maybe as a reservist like that 72 hour 121 00:09:04,570 --> 00:09:06,570 window . As soon as I got the phone 122 00:09:06,570 --> 00:09:09,070 call , I had a cult work immediately . 123 00:09:09,070 --> 00:09:11,237 Be like , Hey , I can't come into work 124 00:09:11,750 --> 00:09:14,760 being activated . That's all . I could 125 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:16,982 get them . That's all the information I 126 00:09:16,982 --> 00:09:18,860 had . Great what they say . 127 00:09:20,740 --> 00:09:24,740 Um , they're okay with that . Uh , 128 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:28,810 they they already have one army 129 00:09:28,810 --> 00:09:29,810 reservist , too . 130 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:36,090 This is the point right now , too . So 131 00:09:37,540 --> 00:09:39,540 I won't be with them . I think he's 132 00:09:39,540 --> 00:09:41,707 going to the other side of the country 133 00:09:41,707 --> 00:09:43,660 and I am going to one sec .