10 facts about paramedics:

· Paramedics work long hours, travel distances, handle people in distress or emergencies, deal death situations and save lives by ensuring proper first aid.

· They hear rude or abusive things from patients and others while trying to help them.

· They have to deal with extreme situations like accidents and even suicides.

· They have to keep their cool during emergencies.

· Occasionally they have to deal with huge workloads and coup with stress and fatigue.

· They have to be very careful because any mistake on their part can lead to very serious consequences.

· The training is very tough. It involves a lot of physical exercise and studying.

· Paramedics earn their superhero reputation for a reason: Most are drawn to the job out of an earnest desire to help people.

· Paramedics are not robots and they have emotions too. Be kind always.

· They come face to face with putting out fires at some accident scenes.