WEBVTT - Express Services Presents:  A Mother to the Rescue

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio, Hey listeners.

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<v Speaker 1>The following is a bite sized version of an episode

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<v Speaker 1>of On the Job, a podcast from Express Employment Professionals

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<v Speaker 1>that shares the experiences of everyday Americans finding their life's work.

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<v Speaker 1>These clips can be humorous and heartwarming, sometimes both at

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<v Speaker 1>the same time, and they're always insightful.

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<v Speaker 2>Enjoy Oddly enough, and this is gonna sound so funny,

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<v Speaker 2>I am a baseball field person, like I look for

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<v Speaker 2>a baseball field every time we take off.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, look, there's a baseball field.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe it's the softball player in me, but I love

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<v Speaker 2>to see them from up high.

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<v Speaker 3>That's Asia b. She's thirty years old, lives in Maryland,

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<v Speaker 3>and technically speaking, she's a critical care transport nurse at

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<v Speaker 3>a large pediatric hospital in Philadelphia. But Asia's version of

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<v Speaker 3>critical care transport nursing is quite unique because she's what's

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<v Speaker 3>referred to in her line of work as a flight nurse.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so, a flight nurse is someone who essentially goes

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<v Speaker 2>and picks up patients in aircraft that can either be

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<v Speaker 2>a helicopter, it could be a fixed wing or any

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<v Speaker 2>of those kind of vehicles that.

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<v Speaker 3>Fly in honor of International Nurses Day. I spoke with

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<v Speaker 3>Asia about her job as a flight nurse, why she

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<v Speaker 3>fell in love with such a risky career, and how

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<v Speaker 3>she balances the demands of such an intense job with

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<v Speaker 3>motherhood and everything else she's got going on in life.

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<v Speaker 3>And if you've never heard of flight nursing, you're not alone,

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<v Speaker 3>because prior to taking this job, neither had Asia. But

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<v Speaker 3>as an experienced er nurse and a self described thrill seeker,

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<v Speaker 3>Asia knew the moment she heard that you could take

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<v Speaker 3>care of patients while soaring through the air that she'd

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<v Speaker 3>found the job for her. There was only one little issue.

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<v Speaker 3>She'd never been in a helicopter before. Tell me about

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<v Speaker 3>that first flight you took. Were you nervous?

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<v Speaker 2>So we got a page and they send you an

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<v Speaker 2>alert saying this is dispatch, this is the patient. And

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<v Speaker 2>they're like, yeah, you guys are going to go out

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<v Speaker 2>for a flight today.

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<v Speaker 3>And I was like what.

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<v Speaker 2>They're like, Yeah, you're going to go up in the

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<v Speaker 2>helicopter today.

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<v Speaker 3>And then, as she explained it, things started getting real.

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<v Speaker 3>She and her team take the elevator to the top

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<v Speaker 3>floor of the hospital and then walk out to the helipad.

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<v Speaker 3>It's cold and it's windy, and her adrenaline is pumping.

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<v Speaker 2>And then the nurse who had came with that crew

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<v Speaker 2>is like, oh, is this your first flight.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm like yep.

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<v Speaker 2>She was like, oh okay, Like here's the you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna show you the parts of the helicopter. Stay

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<v Speaker 2>in the front, don't walk towards the back. It's kind

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<v Speaker 2>of like when you're having a baby. They're telling you

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<v Speaker 2>all these things and you're like, I can't focus, Like

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<v Speaker 2>and then I must have got too far away. She

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<v Speaker 2>was like, stay close. I was.

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<v Speaker 3>I forgot already for Asia. That uncertainty, that big question

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<v Speaker 3>mark at the beginning of each day is one of

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<v Speaker 3>the best parts of the job. But it's a job

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<v Speaker 3>not without risks. You have a son, right, I do.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a five year old, and my son's name is Tate.

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<v Speaker 3>Does your son worry about you going up in the helicopter?

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<v Speaker 2>He's My son is five, So I don't know if

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<v Speaker 2>he actually has grasped the idea that I am like

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<v Speaker 2>that it's so dangerous in his mind. You know, when

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<v Speaker 2>you're that young, Oh the beauty of innocence. You just

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<v Speaker 2>don't understand this is dangerous. Mommy's job is dangerous.

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<v Speaker 3>So here's the thing. Well, this episode is about Asia,

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<v Speaker 3>It's also about nurses everywhere. It's about those millions of

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<v Speaker 3>men and women who put on their nurses scrupts each

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<v Speaker 3>day and do their jobs, no matter how difficult or

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<v Speaker 3>exhausting or downright dangerous it might be. At the height

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<v Speaker 3>of the pandemic, entire cities came to a standstill as

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<v Speaker 3>people banked pots and pans and screamed in praise of

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<v Speaker 3>nurses and doctors and other frontline workers. Maybe you were

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<v Speaker 3>one of those people who, at seven o'clock every night

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<v Speaker 3>shouted out your window or stomped up and down on

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<v Speaker 3>your fire escape in praise of our frontline workers, in

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<v Speaker 3>praise of our heroes. And as things returned to a

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<v Speaker 3>sense of normalcy, I'm wondering if we can't find some

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<v Speaker 3>way to continue thanking those people, people like Asia, who

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<v Speaker 3>we turned to in are times of need. If you'd

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<v Speaker 3>like to thank Asia, you can check her out on

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<v Speaker 3>our website Motheringdemama dot com for on the job. I'm

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<v Speaker 3>Avery Thompson.

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<v Speaker 2>A strong work ethic takes pride in a job well done.

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