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- We went out on a medical call.

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We got dispatched

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^to a woman having

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^labor in housing.

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She delivered shortly afterwards, relatively quickly.

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It was a healthy baby.

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She didn't have any complications, happy Mom.

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We had help from our partners downtown, shortly after

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and it was a very happy scenario.

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We were kind of on our own, for a little while.

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There's no emergency medical services on base,

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as far as ambulance.

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^- We weren't expecting her to come early.

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^I had no Braxton Hicks contractions.

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I had no early signs of labor.

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I didn't necessarily realize that they were truly

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were contractions until she was here.

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- Well, luckily I've been an Emergency Medical Technician

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on and off, for about 10 years now.

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So, I've been training for this event for about 10 years

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and this is the first time in my career

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that it has actually happened.

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You always plan like you're going to help someone deliver

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a baby, but you never know.

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It's not something you're wanting to do

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more than wanting to help someone out any other time.

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You always train like you're going to.

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- I'm really grateful for their training.

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They were very well equipped

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for the situation and they didn't make me feel

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like they didn't know what they were doing.

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They didn't create more chaos.

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They didn't create more stress.

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If anything, they dampered it.

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They did what they were suppose to do.

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- My favorite part about this job is just

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getting to help people.

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Getting out into the community we serve,

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which is the base and getting to know people.

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We see a multitude of events

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all the time up here and we just train.

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You know, I take a lot of college classes

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and we learn how to do our job.

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Eventually, after going to so many calls

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it's not nerveracking, it's just getting stuff done.

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Everybody has their jobs to do and you're just in the moment

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and once it's over, it's a great event to be a part of.

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It's emotional for the family

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and it's exciting for all of us.

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Luckily, for us, everything was great.

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It was just a really happy event, all the way around.

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- It was an absolute blessing to have all

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the first responders there, helping us out medically.

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We had everything that we needed.

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It was everything that I would have wanted in that

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emergency situation.

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I could have absolutely no complaints

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about the entire moment.

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(gentle music)