A dying breed - Roanoke.com -
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Published on: 7/28/2006
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"It's tough; it used to be you didn't get called very much," said Charles Lane."Now these people [volunteers] are up all night.People call for nonemergency reasons, and volunteers get burned out."
Lane started volunteering in North Carolina in 1978.Now in addition to his paying job as the emergency room medical director at Franklin Memorial Hospital, he holds the volunteer position of Operational Medical Director for Franklin County Fire and EMS.Lane also is the regional medical director of Western Virginia.In this position, he oversees emergency medical services in communities from Pittsylvania County to Blacksburg and Alleghany County.
Lane said the time commitment and expense of training also limits the volunteer pool."There is no difference in the training requirements for career or volunteer EMS workers," Lane explained.
"I'm a paramedic.
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