Im a paramedic. Most of my day is spent explaining that the emergency department probably isn’t the right place to go for the ailment that started in 2012 and you saw the GP yesterday. Or that perhaps you need to give the antibiotics more than two hours since the first tablet to start working. Or explaining to the triage nurse that the patient denied neck pain all twenty times I asked. On the upside there are the occasional patients who genuinely need help or vulnerable patients who just need a bit of support and they make it worthwhile. We also have by far the best work mates anywhere