Beth Aschenbrenner likes to get to know her patients.
The paramedic for the Clear Lake Fire Department says she asks those she is transporting probing questions because she truly wants to know the person she is helping get through a bad day.
She also believes the conversation is a good coping mechanism for those taking the ambulance ride. I love older people and love being able to talk to them and hear their stories, said Aschenbrenner, who has been an EMT/paramedic for 25 years. We can learn so much from them. Where they grew up. What changes they ve seen in their lifetimes.