The COVID19 experience of anonymous ambulance staff member at NEAS

“I work on an emergency double-crewed ambulance and it’s my job to help people and give them the best treatment. “At the end of March this year, I started getting a sore throat and a bit of a cough.  Not continuous, but there all the same. I thought it was most probably from the surgical masks we wear. “Then the cough became more frequent. I'd been working with two different crew mates over my last run of shifts, so I phoned them.  One had tonsillitis and the other had bronchitis. So, I thought I’d ...