Would you leave your home and go fight on the frontlines of COVID-19 in the heart of a hot zone? It is a big ask and this week as I am putting out another episode of this podcast it is National EMS Week. Our first responders are heroes, they go to work every single day not knowing what awaits them. They often walk into situations that many of us would simply run from.

That question of going into a hot zone was one that came to a Grant County EMT, Wanda Hammons and it was an ask that she accepted without a lot of hesitation. Hammons spent 35 days in New York City running an ambulance for some of the sickest patients. Now back home in Kentucky she has a serious warning for others about the battle she witnessed firsthand.