The first wave of emergency medical technicians who contracted Covid-19 and survived are now returning to the job, armed with a first-hand understanding of the disease and a new empathy for the patients
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"I was able to be more in touch with my patients who called, because I knew exactly how they were feeling," said firefighter/EMT Shantice Samuels, who has just returned to work in Washington, DC, after recovering from a case herself."The toughest symptom for me was the shortness of breath, and the body aches," she told CNN affiliate WJLA.
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