🚑 Lights, Sirens & Real Sh*t
🎙️ The podcast for the ones still showing up.
EMS is beautiful and brutal. It’s sweat, diesel fumes, and emotional damage — and we keep coming back for more.
Nobody prepares you for the burnout. Nobody tells you how to process your fifth dead body in a week, how to laugh through the darkness, or how to get some damn sleep after trying to save a kid.
This is where we talk about all of it.
✅ Burnout & mental health
✅ Black humor & survival tips
✅ Real calls & stories (HIPAA-safe, of course)
✅ Side hustles & exit strategies
✅ And everything you really think at 0630 when dispatch drops another call.
No sugarcoating. No BS. Just real talk for medics, EMTs, firefighters, and anyone who’s lived this life — or wants to know what it’s really like.
Follow along and ride the rig with us.
🚑 Lights, Sirens & Real Sh*t
The Sh*t They Don’t Teach You in EMT School
EMS school gives you the basics—how to take vitals, follow protocols, run a scene. But the reality? This job will throw curveballs you’ll never find in a textbook.
In this episode, I’m breaking down the real lessons:
- Expectations vs. reality when you hit the streets 🚑
- The first time you face a “code brown” moment 💩
- Why snacks, hydration, and stretching might just save your career
- Burnout, dark humor, and the unspoken side of mental health
- Being a woman in EMS—where “assertive” = “bitch” and “quiet” = “weak”
- Safety tips they gloss over in class (like never losing your exit)
This is the raw, unfiltered truth about life on the truck—the lessons no instructor ever prepared you for.
👉 If you’re new to EMS or just need a reminder that you’re not alone in the chaos, this one’s for you.