Special report on frontline workers: ‘We deal with a lot of trauma, it’s hard not to take it home’
Life is tough for the country’s paramedics, call-takers and dispatchers as they react to life-or-death emergencies under difficult conditions
‘The hours are long and unsocial, and it can be stressful, but I 100pc love my job. I wouldn’t change what I do for anything in the world,” says Keith Butler.
Keith is an advanced paramedic with the National Ambulance Service.
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