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After a 32-hour shift in Pittsburgh, I realized EMTs should be napping on the job

by The Conversation February 23, 2026

written by The Conversation February 23, 2026

By P. Daniel Patterson At 7 a.m., roughly an hour before the end of my shift as a paramedic in Pittsburgh, my colleague and I were dispatched to a patient…

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