1 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio, Hey listeners. 2 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 1: The following is a bite sized version of an episode 3 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: of On the Job, a podcast from Express Employment Professionals 4 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:22,119 Speaker 1: that shares the experiences of everyday Americans finding their life's work. 5 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:26,119 Speaker 1: These clips can be humorous and heartwarming, sometimes both at 6 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: the same time, and they're always insightful. 7 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:35,879 Speaker 2: Enjoy Oddly enough, and this is gonna sound so funny, 8 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:40,199 Speaker 2: I am a baseball field person, like I look for 9 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:42,160 Speaker 2: a baseball field every time we take off. 10 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 3: Oh, look, there's a baseball field. 11 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 2: Maybe it's the softball player in me, but I love 12 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 2: to see them from up high. 13 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 3: That's Asia b. She's thirty years old, lives in Maryland, 14 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 3: and technically speaking, she's a critical care transport nurse at 15 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 3: a large pediatric hospital in Philadelphia. But Asia's version of 16 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:06,839 Speaker 3: critical care transport nursing is quite unique because she's what's 17 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 3: referred to in her line of work as a flight nurse. 18 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, so, a flight nurse is someone who essentially goes 19 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 2: and picks up patients in aircraft that can either be 20 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 2: a helicopter, it could be a fixed wing or any 21 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 2: of those kind of vehicles that. 22 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 3: Fly in honor of International Nurses Day. I spoke with 23 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 3: Asia about her job as a flight nurse, why she 24 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:33,480 Speaker 3: fell in love with such a risky career, and how 25 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 3: she balances the demands of such an intense job with 26 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,959 Speaker 3: motherhood and everything else she's got going on in life. 27 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 3: And if you've never heard of flight nursing, you're not alone, 28 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 3: because prior to taking this job, neither had Asia. But 29 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 3: as an experienced er nurse and a self described thrill seeker, 30 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 3: Asia knew the moment she heard that you could take 31 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 3: care of patients while soaring through the air that she'd 32 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 3: found the job for her. There was only one little issue. 33 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 3: She'd never been in a helicopter before. Tell me about 34 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,640 Speaker 3: that first flight you took. Were you nervous? 35 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 2: So we got a page and they send you an 36 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 2: alert saying this is dispatch, this is the patient. And 37 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 2: they're like, yeah, you guys are going to go out 38 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 2: for a flight today. 39 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 3: And I was like what. 40 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:25,080 Speaker 2: They're like, Yeah, you're going to go up in the 41 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 2: helicopter today. 42 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 3: And then, as she explained it, things started getting real. 43 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,079 Speaker 3: She and her team take the elevator to the top 44 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:36,359 Speaker 3: floor of the hospital and then walk out to the helipad. 45 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 3: It's cold and it's windy, and her adrenaline is pumping. 46 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:43,919 Speaker 2: And then the nurse who had came with that crew 47 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 2: is like, oh, is this your first flight. 48 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:46,519 Speaker 3: I'm like yep. 49 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:48,639 Speaker 2: She was like, oh okay, Like here's the you know, 50 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 2: I'm gonna show you the parts of the helicopter. Stay 51 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:52,919 Speaker 2: in the front, don't walk towards the back. It's kind 52 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 2: of like when you're having a baby. They're telling you 53 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 2: all these things and you're like, I can't focus, Like 54 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 2: and then I must have got too far away. She 55 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 2: was like, stay close. I was. 56 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 3: I forgot already for Asia. That uncertainty, that big question 57 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 3: mark at the beginning of each day is one of 58 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 3: the best parts of the job. But it's a job 59 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 3: not without risks. You have a son, right, I do. 60 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 2: He's a five year old, and my son's name is Tate. 61 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 3: Does your son worry about you going up in the helicopter? 62 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 2: He's My son is five, So I don't know if 63 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:33,640 Speaker 2: he actually has grasped the idea that I am like 64 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 2: that it's so dangerous in his mind. You know, when 65 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 2: you're that young, Oh the beauty of innocence. You just 66 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 2: don't understand this is dangerous. Mommy's job is dangerous. 67 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 3: So here's the thing. Well, this episode is about Asia, 68 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 3: It's also about nurses everywhere. It's about those millions of 69 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 3: men and women who put on their nurses scrupts each 70 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 3: day and do their jobs, no matter how difficult or 71 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 3: exhausting or downright dangerous it might be. At the height 72 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 3: of the pandemic, entire cities came to a standstill as 73 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 3: people banked pots and pans and screamed in praise of 74 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 3: nurses and doctors and other frontline workers. Maybe you were 75 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 3: one of those people who, at seven o'clock every night 76 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 3: shouted out your window or stomped up and down on 77 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 3: your fire escape in praise of our frontline workers, in 78 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 3: praise of our heroes. And as things returned to a 79 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 3: sense of normalcy, I'm wondering if we can't find some 80 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker 3: way to continue thanking those people, people like Asia, who 81 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:49,919 Speaker 3: we turned to in are times of need. If you'd 82 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 3: like to thank Asia, you can check her out on 83 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:58,479 Speaker 3: our website Motheringdemama dot com for on the job. 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