Day or Night?

[lightsandsirens5]

Well I looked for it but I couldn't find it. If you do KEV, just have this one deleted. (Or post a dead horse!)

Do you work mostly days, nights, about the same.....?

Which do you prefer?

Why?

I do more nights, but I like the day shifts better.

I am a volunteer. We do get more calls during the day, but I also have to work (on my farm) during the day.

 

[tydek07]

Right now its a little of each. I would love to work nights 100% of the time, but it just messes with your life so much

 

[marineman]

Work 24's so I guess straight down the middle. If I were working 12's I'd take nights since that's when all the fun calls come in, not huge on the stacked up transports all day.

 

[Sapphyre]

I do Wed-Saturday nights, and I love it. You will have to pry my shift from my cold dead fingers (with apologies!!!) Yup, I'm heading into work soon....

 

[JPINFV]

5am-10pm or 5am-midnight shifts, so it's about even of both.

 

[Grady_emt]

Saturday, Sunday, Monday, 1700-0630

 

[reaper]

1700-0500. Never have liked day shifts. That fireball in the sky scares me!!!!!!!!

 

[Hastings]

I prefer the kinds of calls you get at night, but I prefer working during the day.

 

[Onceamedic]

I run 48s - so straight down the middle. I prefer calls during the day... the second 24 is difficult if we've been running calls all night.

 

[KempoEMT]

In my job we work 3-8. So I call that day shift. But I'm not in EMS.

 

[mikeN]

evenings....

I work mostly days, but I'm a fan of evenings. I try to work doubles[8am-midnight] when I can. I hate overnights. I value sleep.

 

[NolaRabbit]

I worked days for 6 years, been on nights for a year and a half. I can't imagine going back now.

At night:

- not as hot outside
- less BS (still plenty, just peppered a bit more b/w actual emergencies)
- a little more downtime (usually)
- no traffic!
- NO ADMIN

The major drawback to working at night is the interruption of your circadian rhythms and having to bounce back and forth between being awake days and nights when you have had a few days off. But I think it's worth it. The idea of working a dayshift now gives me a headache.

 

[Sapphyre]

The major drawback to working at night is the interruption of your circadian rhythms and having to bounce back and forth between being awake days and nights when you have had a few days off.

For those of us who work nights (and like it):

How many keep the day sleep schedule on off days???? Am I the only one?

 

[reaper]

I stay all night on my days off and sleep half the day.

 

[motownems]

I usually sleep at my volley station on the weekends… its easer for me to just wake up and go rather then having to drive back to the station when we get a call…. so I guess that counts as the night a shift

 

[NolaRabbit]

I work a 3-2-2-3. On my 2 day stretches off I usually keep the night schedule, but on my three day weekends off I inevitably end up shifting back to being up during the daytime. I show up Monday nights having either way overslept, or having already been up for the last 12 hours.

I'm used to it by now, and like I said, the benefits outweight the drawbacks for me.

 

[lightsandsirens5]

Boy, I didn't realize the different hours people were on! I assumed it was something even, like we go 0600-1800 day shift and 1800-0600 night shift. I'd never be able to figure out this 5-10 or 8-3 thing! lol I guess the subject is a little more complicated than I thought.

 

[JPINFV]

5-10 is easy... small company.

 

[jochi1543]

24-hour shifts at my station.

 

[oldschoolmedic]

We have people working straight eights (transport and QRVs), twelves, and 24/72s. I work straight twelves on days.

I like days, no messed up sleep schedules, no circadian problems, sleep in your own bed every night, tuck my kids into bed at night, etc...

I honestly wish we could do away with 24 hour shifts. I have never believed they were safe.