Season 2026 · Episode 12
What Paramedics See That Changes Them Forever – Kevin Hazzard
Uncomfy: Sticking with Moments That Challenge Us · BYUradio
March 25, 202621m 55s
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Show Notes
When someone calls 911, they’re not just asking for help, they’re handing over everything.
Author and former paramedic Kevin Hazzard takes us inside his very first cardiac arrest call: a Thanksgiving dinner, a grandmother collapsing at the head of the table, and a room full of people waiting for a miracle that might not come.
But the moment that stayed with him isn’t what you’d expect.
ABOUT GUEST
Kevin Hazzard is an author, journalist, TV and film writer, and former paramedic. His memoir is called “A Thousand Naked Strangers.” His new book is “No One’s Coming: The Rogue Heroes Our Government Turns to When There’s Nowhere Else to Turn” (https://a.co/d/0eVCVDLA)
CHAPTERS
(0:00) Introduction
(1:00) Meet Kevin Hazzard
(1:25) Thanksgiving Cardiac Arrest
(4:29) Aftermath and Family Grace
(5:48) Medicine on Display
(7:30) Why the Job Hooks You
(9:47) Tourist to True Believer
(12:03) Mortality and Presence
(13:09) Burnout and Wake Up Call
(16:09) What Heroism Really Means
(18:37) The New Book
(20:00) Conclusion