1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: Hey, brain stuff listeners. Today, instead of a normal episode, 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 1: we have for you another preview of the podcast On 3 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: the Job now if you miss the first one. We've 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: teamed up with On the Job to bring you a 5 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 1: few samples of what they do, which is engage with 6 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:17,920 Speaker 1: professionals from all kinds of businesses about what they do, 7 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:21,319 Speaker 1: from running a gig economy business to cleaning up the 8 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 1: streets literally. Through these stories, the team tries to help 9 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: explain and explore different aspects of what working means in 10 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 1: our world today. They're sponsoring us to run these samples. 11 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 1: I think it's a good fit because it's a look 12 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: into how different jobs work that maybe we've never thought 13 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 1: too much about. In today's episode, they're speaking with a 14 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: pediatric flight nurse about what it's like to care for 15 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 1: patients from a helicopter. We'll feature some previews of future 16 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 1: episodes in the future, though. If you want to hear 17 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:58,680 Speaker 1: more or explore their previous six seasons, you can find 18 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 1: On the Job from Express Employment Services wherever you get 19 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 1: your podcasts. 20 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 2: Oddly enough, and this is gonna sound so funny, I 21 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:11,039 Speaker 2: am a baseball field person. Like I look for a 22 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 2: baseball field every time we take off. 23 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:14,279 Speaker 3: Oh look, there's a baseball field. 24 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:16,959 Speaker 2: Maybe it's the softball player in me, but I like 25 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 2: love to see them from up high. 26 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 3: That's Asia b. She's thirty years old, lives in Maryland, 27 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 3: and technically speaking, she's a critical care transport nurse at 28 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 3: a large pediatric hospital in Philadelphia. But Asia's version of 29 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:37,559 Speaker 3: critical care transport nursing is quite unique because she's what's 30 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,559 Speaker 3: referred to in her line of work as a flight nurse. 31 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,919 Speaker 2: Yeah. So, a flight nurse is someone who essentially goes 32 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 2: and picks up patients in aircraft that can either be 33 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 2: a helicopter, it could be a fixed wing or any 34 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 2: of those kind of vehicles that fly. 35 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 3: In honor of International Nurses Day, I spoke with Asia 36 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 3: about her job as a fly, why she fell in 37 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 3: love with such a risky career, and how she balances 38 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 3: the demands of such an intense job with motherhood and 39 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 3: everything else she's got going on in life. And if 40 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 3: you've never heard of flight nursing, you're not alone, because 41 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 3: prior to taking this job, neither had Asia. But as 42 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 3: an experienced er nurse and a self described thrill seeker, 43 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 3: Asia knew the moment she heard that you could take 44 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 3: care of patients while soaring through the air. That she'd 45 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 3: found the job for her. There was only one little issue. 46 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 3: She'd never been in a helicopter before. Tell me about 47 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,359 Speaker 3: that first flight you took. Were you nervous? 48 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 2: So we got a page and they send you an 49 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 2: alert saying this is dispatch, this is the patient and 50 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 2: they're like, yeah, you guys are going to go up 51 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 2: for a flight today. And I was like what. They're like, Yeah, 52 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 2: you're going to go up in the helicopter today. 53 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 3: And then, as she explained it, things started getting real. 54 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 3: She and her team take the elevator to the top 55 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 3: floor of the hospital and then walk out to the helipad. 56 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 3: It's cold and it's windy, and her adrenaline is pumping. 57 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:14,640 Speaker 2: And then the nurse who had came with that crew 58 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,520 Speaker 2: is like, oh, is this your first flight. 59 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 3: I'm like yep. 60 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 2: She was like, oh okay, Like here's the you know, 61 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 2: I'm gonna show you the parts of the helicopter. Stay 62 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:23,639 Speaker 2: in the front, don't walk towards the back. It's kind 63 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 2: of like when you're having a baby. They're telling you 64 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 2: all these things and you're like, I can't focus, like 65 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 2: and then I must have got too far away. She 66 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:30,919 Speaker 2: was like, stay close, member. 67 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 3: I was like, oh God, I forgot already for Asia. 68 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 3: That uncertainty, that big question mark at the beginning of 69 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 3: each day is one of the best parts of the job. 70 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 3: But it's a job not without risks. You have a son, 71 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:49,839 Speaker 3: right I do. 72 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 2: He's a five year old and my son's name is Tate. 73 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 3: Does your son worry about you going up in the helicopter? 74 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 2: He's my son is so I don't know if he 75 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 2: actually has grasped the idea that I am like that 76 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 2: it's so dangerous in his mind. You know, when you're 77 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 2: that young, Oh, the beauty of innocence, You just don't understand. 78 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 3: This is dangerous. 79 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 2: Mommy's job is dangerous. 80 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 3: So here's the thing. Well, this episode is about Asia, 81 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:24,839 Speaker 3: it's also about nurses everywhere. It's about those millions of 82 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:27,479 Speaker 3: men and women who put on their nurses scrupts each 83 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 3: day and do their jobs, no matter how difficult or 84 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 3: exhausting or downnight dangerous it might be. At the height 85 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 3: of the pandemic, entire cities came to a standstill as 86 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 3: people banged pots and pans and screamed in praise of nurses. 87 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 3: And doctors and other frontline workers. Maybe you were one 88 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 3: of those people who, at seven o'clock every night shouted 89 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 3: out your window or stomped up and down on your 90 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 3: fire scheme in praise of our frontline workers, in praise 91 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 3: of our heroes. And as things return to a sense 92 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 3: of normalcy, I'm wondering if we can't find some way 93 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:11,840 Speaker 3: to continue thanking those people, people like Asia, who we 94 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 3: turn to in are times of need. If you'd like 95 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:23,160 Speaker 3: to thank Asia, you can check her out on our 96 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:30,040 Speaker 3: website Motheringdemama dot com. For on the job, I'm Avery Thompson. 97 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 4: A strong work ethic takes pride in a job well done. 98 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:41,799 Speaker 4: This is the kind of person you need. Express Employment 99 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 4: professionals can help because, in good times or bad, we 100 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 4: understand how critical it is to manage your business for 101 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:52,919 Speaker 4: today with the right workforce. 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