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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