I am a provider at an emergency medical service company so I am unable to freely take off work but not just for the normal threats to my job reason but also because me taking off work without getting someone to cover for me (defeating the purpose of going on strike) could literally cause someone to die if not multiple people given the danger level of the city I am based in

I am purposely keeping this vague because I dont want to give away too much info

I am asking because there is what should hopefully be a decent sized strike going on soon in my home area and I want to participate but I can’t really because of the reasons I was talking about before

Can I get some advice on this especially if you are in the healthcare industry