A day in the life of an NYC real estate executive who volunteers as a paramedic and spends his nights working on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic
Courtesy of Bryan Lapidus
Bryan Lapidus says he dreamed of being a paramedic since he was in grade school. He became one about 10 years ago.Lapidus grew up in New Jersey, where you have to be at least 16 to be an EMT. So at 16, Lapidus started his career as an EMT. His work consists of coordinating with designers, architects, engineers, and other consultants, and paperwork. This involves a lot of back-to-back calls and video conferences.Lapidus's living room, where he spends his lunch breaks.At 12:30 pm, Lapidus typically spends 15-20 minutes catching up on news, as long as he doesn't have a lunch meeting.Other than that, Lapidus works non-stop until about 4 p.m.
Lapidus gets to the ambulance at 5 p.m., and the first thing he does is check to make sure that it is supplied with all the necessary medical equipment and that the vehicle itself is working properly.Lapidus and his partner check to make sure it is fully stocked with medical equipment before every shift. That way they're prepared and ready for whatever challenges the shift might bring.
"Hospitals that I never really frequented became hospitals I went to every shift," Lapidus told Business Insider.Lapidus said that in April, he had shifts of back to back calls."Each call is slightly different, and they were just back to back. That seemed to never end," Lapidus told Business Insider. During an eight-hour shift, Lapidus said he was getting around eight calls, if not more.
Many of these calls come from apartments, so Lapidus has to make sure he has the right gear to transport patients up and down the stairs and to stabilize a patient upstairs.
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