Chaplains to ride along with EMTs

CARLISLE, Pa.-Chuck Kish was driving a few months ago when he came upon a traffic accident scene. When he saw the tarps covering bodies, Kish, pastor of Bethel Assembly of God Church, knew it was a fatal wreck. “I saw an emergency medical technician walk over to one of the bodies. They lifted the corner […]

CARLISLE, Pa.-Chuck Kish was driving a few months ago when he came upon a traffic accident scene. When he saw the tarps covering bodies, Kish, pastor of Bethel Assembly of God Church, knew it was a fatal wreck. “I saw an emergency medical technician walk over to one of the bodies. They lifted the corner of the tarp and he turned away,” Kish recalled. “I’ll forever remember the look on his face. I thought, he needs a chaplain.” That traumatic moment planted a seed that will germinate soon when four volunteer chaplains from his church begin riding with crews from Carlisle’s Cumberland Goodwill Ambulance company. The chaplains, Kish among them, will be at the elbows of the emergency medical technicians to help those crews, patients and families deal with the physical and emotional pain ambulance workers encounter on a daily basis.

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