1000 Characters, 11: The Paramedic Kelley watched as the paramedics loaded the collapsed restaurant patron onto a gurney, then, moving with the kind of purpose he imagined a doctor would, he followed the men to the ambulance, hoisting himself into the vehicle while the driver ran to the cab. "Who're you again?" The paramedic asked Kelley as he slipped an IV needle into the patient's arm. "I'm a doctor," Kelley told him. The paramedic didn't reply, keeping his eye on the patient. Up front the driver was calling it in. "What's the name?" The driver called back. "Harry," both Kelley and the paramedic said at the same time. They looked at each other in surprise. "You know this guy?" The paramedic asked Kelley. Kelley shook his head. "I heard him give his name to the maitre'd," he lied. "How do you know him?" He asked the man. "I checked his ID," the paramedic lied back to him. He met Kelley's stare, as if daring him to contradict the claim. After a moment they both looked away.