bative or has died. “We see things we pray no one else


has to see,” Dewey said. Baxter Regional Medical Center has 11 ambulances and 70 on staff working for the hospital’s dispatch center, ambu- lances and the community paramedic program, said Gerald Cantrell, BRMC di- rector of paramedic services. “I’ve known Christy for a long time,”


Cantrell said. “She’s valuable in a lot of different ways.”


He said patients and staff members


love working with her. “Her skill sets allow us to be better at


what we’re doing,” Cantrell said. Community effort


Dewey also gains learning experienc- es as a volunteer firefighter with the Gassville Fire Department. Volunteer firefighters respond to


emergencies such as medical calls, vehi- cle crashes and structure and brush fires.


Christy Dewey felt called to enter the emergency medical field after losing a close friend in an auto accident.


The first time Dewey entered a burn-


24 ❚ SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2018 ❚ LIVING WELL


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