Ger O'Dea
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 25 Jul
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Good morning and thank you for having me.
Yeah, I suppose before I joined the ambulance service, I was in the fire service for six years.
And believe it or not, it was a TV show that drew me to the profession, which was London's Burning.
And it was an old series about the London Fire Brigade.
And from there, I always kind of aspired to be a firefighter.
And thankfully, I was successful in joining the fire service at the time.
But I suppose over time, my interest changed slightly where I started to gravitate more towards dealing with the patients and those who were injured as opposed to being the firefighter, you know, with the jaws of life cutting the roof off a car.
And then, you know, again, opportunity came, ambulance service in Cork at the time we were recruiting.
And 21 years later, I'm, you know, here I am.
Yeah, I suppose you do hear Harris being called, you know, all sorts of nice names like that.
And it's lovely to hear it.
But, you know, we don't do the job for that level of praise.
The praise for us is, as you said, being privileged and being able to go into somebody's house, most likely in the worst moments of their lives.
And it could be, you know, taking away their pain until we get them to the hospital, helping them to breathe a little bit better.
You know, whatever treatment we can provide, you know, to make that person just a little bit more comfortable.
You know, that is a privilege to have a job like that.
They are.
And often, you know, it's, you know, when people see the ambulance service, they think blue lights and sirens and all of that.
But there's also a very huge part of that involves empathy and, you know,
And just that personal human touch where it could be as simple as putting your hand on somebody's shoulder to tell them they're going to be OK.
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