From TV to Reality Throughout, “Fed to the Streets” Courtney Moreno gives accounts of real life events as a paramedic. Moreno wrote this essay by putting headlines of topics she would be writing about and concentrate on the topic, for instance, under the heading “G.S.W” she focused on a gunshot wound patient. Television shows typically portray paramedics and medical personnel that seem happy, stress free, and healthy. However, in the story “Fed to the Streets” the author who is a paramedic gives the reality of her career drowning in tiredness, stress, and an unhealthy lifestyle. Exhausting, stressful, and unhealthy lifestyle is the reality of a paramedic or medical personnel. Throughout “Fed to the Streets” Moreno gives examples of her life by telling detailed stories of scenes she has experienced. She starts the essay off by describing a new rig and how it does not know what it is getting itself into. Then continues to write about her first time as a rookie, and how she fumbled on the scene of her first call. She goes on to write about a patient she tended to was complimenting her and how it made her wish she had a man to go home to. Moreno then writes about a guy with a gunshot wound and how the man that was shot in the head was still alive. She stated “For those of you who want to know, it looks exactly like the movies.” (272). Even though her partner thought otherwise she still tended to him. During her time as a paramedic she got scattered sleep, eat food that is off of the value menu, and smoked cigarettes. All of these examples are what Moreno does to herself, but saves the patients for the same reasons. She would deal with a psych patient rather than doing paperwork because the paperwork she does is time consuming. Moreno then goes on to state ninety percent of calls her and her partner go on are BS. While treating a patient it is hard to