Yes, two in one night. I was doing my 24 hrs at the ER for EMT training...the first one to go was a two year old.
The second one to go was a homeless man...he died because everyone tried to revive the baby.

I never went back after that night, I was 3 days away from being certified.

After watching that young mother sob like that & watch a man die right in the next room because everybody ignored me when I said that he was crashing...they didn't care about him...they wanted to save that baby.
The baby died anyway, she suffered from a rare form of dwarfism and her heart gave out.

But, the man could have been saved.The ER staff acted like it didn't even phase them and I was astounded by the negligence when it came to the homeless man. Why would I want to expose myself to untimely deaths and emotionless staff on a daily basis? Homeless people's lives don't amount to anything...any one of us could be homeless very soon.

Five minutes later, I was ordered to give a 98yr old woman a catheter. I knew that she wanted to die, but her family wouldn't let her. Because she had dementia and being 98yrs old, her daughter was in charge of her affairs. This poor soul was just withering away and ready to go home to heaven and I had to force this woman's legs apart in order to put in an uncomfortable catheter for the first time...friggin unsupervised.

I did real well in that class, and I thought at the time that it was what I wanted to do. I aced anatomy, cpr,heimlich, fractures, I.V.'s, blood pressure,pulse, etc, etc. I had a perfect grade and the final exam was the next day.

I never showed up to take it

My parents weren't too happy that I blew off the exam, but since they both work in the E.R., they took one look at my face and knew that I had a very traumatic night and that it just wasn't for me emotionally. They understood and never made me feel guilty for quitting, even though they paid for the course. I'm too empathetic of a person to handle death and sadness in a professional way.My parents were exposed to these things every day...why would you wish that on your child?