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Ambulance dispatch never goes on holiday break

Acadian ambulance comm center dispatchers give the gift of service to their communities

By Brheanna Berry
KLFY News

LAFAYETTE, La. — While most are at home spending the holiday with their family, the demanding job of dispatchers at the Acadian Ambulance Communications Center means no time off, not even on Christmas.

The center operates 24-hours a day and on holidays. Dispatchers have to show up to work focused, never knowing what emergency is waiting on the other line.

Angie Vidrine, a dispatcher, says, “Sometimes you have a child that’s having a seizure and they’re not breathing but you still have to remain calm because they’re dependent on you to help them until the paramedics get on scene.

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