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Old 21-June-2007, 05:56 AM
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In my EMT days I would have probably been suspended or worse for doing something like that. On our squad we were even taught not to say things like "everything is going to be all right", because often it wasn't true (you said things like "we are doing everything we can").
I hate ridiculous promises and demands in movies. Promising to save someone who is next to death's door is bad. So is the command, "Promise me you'll be all right" said to someone going on a suicide mission, only made worse by the response "I promise."
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