You know your an EMT....

pvfd62med22

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I glanced through and did not really see one of these.. so I'm posting one...

* Your personal jump kit is better equipped than the one in your ambulance.
* You can tell it's a full moon without looking at the calendar.
* You prefer a Code Blue to a Code Brown any day.
* You've ever Code Surfed.
* It doesn't matter if you're black or white, as long as you've got good rhythm.
* You know what the world looks like at 3:30 in the morning.
* You drive past a house and say "Oh, that's where we had that __________ call."
* You love critiquing how they do CPR on TV shows.
* You know what "treat with high flow diesel" means.
* You know how to treat a patient with LSD.
* You drive past the ER ambulance bay just to see who's busy today.
* You believe coffee is one of the food groups.
* You catch yourself eating twice as fast as everyone else when off duty.
* You believe full spinal precautions were invented for obnoxious drunks.
* You find humor in other people's stupidity.
* Your paycheck depends on the aforementioned stupidity of others.
* You believe the government should require a permit to reproduce.
* Your favorite hallucinogenic is exhaustion.
* You've ever responded to a call where the directions include, "...turn off the paved road.".
* You've ever thought OD instead of BBQ when asked to get the charcoal.
* You've sworn that you were going to have "DNR" tattooed on your chest.
* You automatically multiply by 3 the answer to the question, "How many drinks did you have tonight?".
* You've ever used an NPA to determine a patient's unresponsiveness.
* You realize that the biggest difficulty in your job is that, on a daily basis, you try to reverse the process of natural selection.
* You can drink a cup of coffee and go straight to bed.
* You can identify the positive teeth to tattoo ratio.
* You plan your weekends off a year in advance.
* You disbelieve 90% of what you are told and 75% of what you see.
* You think caffeine should be available in IV form.
* Your family members have to have a fever of 105 or be missing a limb with active bleeding to obtain your sympathy.
* You've ever held a 14 gauge needle over someone's vein and said, "Now there's gonna be a little poke.".
* You've ever cursed out anyone for Armor-Alling the seats to make them look nice.
* Your idea of foreplay is a priapism sweep or a check for wetness.
* Your favorite assessment question is, "What changed after two weeks to make this an emergency at 0300?".
* You hear someone mutter the words "Ambulance Driver" in your direction and you immediately black out due to rage.
* You believe Murphy and his law can go straight to the seventh circle of hell.
* You've made crude puns and jokes at the most horrific scenes imaginable while others look at you and your crew with shock.
* You meet someone for the first time, and instead of looking them in the eyes, you look at possible venous access, "just in case".
* A relative is in the local ER, and you drive to the hospital, but can't figure out where anyone but the ambulances park.
* You say "en route" over the phone, off duty.
* You can sleep soundly through sirens, screaming, dispatch tones, and other various noises... until you jolt awake because your unit number is called.
* You recognize your frequent flyers not by name, but by address.
* You hear sirens, and you can immediately differentiate between the source of the sirens: EMS, PD, or FD.
* You can't decide on your reaction to getting a call: "Hell yeah" or "God damn it".
* You freak people out in their POVs by yelling out "Clear Right!" at any given intersection
* Unconscious means cooperative.
* Welfare week plus full moon equals you aren't getting any sleep.
* You've put lido jelly on your partner's toothbrush late at night for :censored::censored::censored::censored:s and giggles.
* You've ever left your ambulance door unlocked at a hospital and come out to some horrible joke having been played on you (someone turning your sirens on, someone using a spine board strap to tie your inside door handles together, etc.).
* You've talked about your crews' dinner plans over a DOA.
 

MIkePrekopa

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LOL, I love it. Sent it to some friends in EMT-B class... i have a few down, and im still in school... is that bad ?
 

JPINFV

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You've seen lists like these before and groaned the first time you saw it.
 

TgerFoxMark

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You have seen this list, and variants over the last 3 years, and laugh at them the same, because you still have your sense of humor.
 

MIkePrekopa

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Your immune system is so well developed that it has been known to attack squirrels in the backyard...
 

medicp94dao

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HAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Its 3am and i needed the laugh after the day i had......
 

judoka5446

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"You love critiquing how they do CPR on TV shows."

I drive my girlfriend crazy with this one haha.
 

MCGLYNN_EMTP

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Same here...my g/f HATES when I comment on a show doing something wrong......shocking asystole...my favorite..
 

oneluv79

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That was great!!!....lol....


oneluv79:lol:
 

BigBoy

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* You know what the world looks like at 3:30 in the morning.

* Your favorite assessment question is, "What changed after two weeks to make this an emergency at 0300?".

dont you just love being a taxi and 3 in the morning....
 

judoka5446

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"You love critiquing how they do CPR on TV shows."

Me: Hey Babe, You see that guy doing CPR on LOST?
GF: I know I know, he's doing it wrong...
Me: Yea, hes pounding on his chest with one hand and...
GF: I dont care...
Me: And his ventilations wouldnt be sufficient to...
GF: I dont care...
Me: And with his head tilted at that angle there'd be no way....
GF: You're sleeping on the couch tonight.
Me: :sad:
 

oneluv79

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"You love critiquing how they do CPR on TV shows."

Me: Hey Babe, You see that guy doing CPR on LOST?
GF: I know I know, he's doing it wrong...
Me: Yea, hes pounding on his chest with one hand and...
GF: I dont care...
Me: And his ventilations wouldnt be sufficient to...
GF: I dont care...
Me: And with his head tilted at that angle there'd be no way....
GF: You're sleeping on the couch tonight.
Me: :sad:

LMAO!!! but that is it for real.....lolololol

oneluv79:)
 

EMT11KDL

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Same here...my g/f HATES when I comment on a show doing something wrong......shocking asystole...my favorite..

"You love critiquing how they do CPR on TV shows."

Me: Hey Babe, You see that guy doing CPR on LOST?
GF: I know I know, he's doing it wrong...
Me: Yea, hes pounding on his chest with one hand and...
GF: I dont care...
Me: And his ventilations wouldnt be sufficient to...
GF: I dont care...
Me: And with his head tilted at that angle there'd be no way....
GF: You're sleeping on the couch tonight.
Me: :sad:

That just happened to me when we were watching "Trauma"
 

RescueYou

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* Your personal jump kit is better equipped than the one in your ambulance.
hahaha yup
* You can tell it's a full moon without looking at the calendar.
oh yessss
* You drive past the ER ambulance bay just to see who's busy today.
haha gotta admit...i've done it lol
* You find humor in other people's stupidity.
hey, someone's gotta laugh!
* Your paycheck depends on the aforementioned stupidity of others.
people's stupidity = my job security
* You've sworn that you were going to have "DNR" tattooed on your chest.
yep yep yep
* You automatically multiply by 3 the answer to the question, "How many drinks did you have tonight?".
i was thinking more along 4 or 5 times lol
* You've ever used an NPA to determine a patient's unresponsiveness.
oh too funny...i normally use an OPA tho
* You can drink a cup of coffee and go straight to bed.
yup
* You plan your weekends off a year in advance.
and still dont get my hopes up
* You think caffeine should be available in IV form.
along with Valium for other nights
* You've ever held a 14 gauge needle over someone's vein and said, "Now there's gonna be a little poke.".
rofl
* You've ever cursed out anyone for Armor-Alling the seats to make them look nice.
i thought i was going to kill them!!!!!!
* Your favorite assessment question is, "What changed after two weeks to make this an emergency at 0300?".
i have actually asked that lol
* You believe Murphy and his law can go straight to the seventh circle of hell.
yessssssss
* You've made crude puns and jokes at the most horrific scenes imaginable while others look at you and your crew with shock.
oh that is so much fun
* A relative is in the local ER, and you drive to the hospital, but can't figure out where anyone but the ambulances park.
been there and done that lol
* You say "en route" over the phone, off duty.
that and 10-4
* You can sleep soundly through sirens, screaming, dispatch tones, and other various noises... until you jolt awake because your unit number is called.
YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!
* You hear sirens, and you can immediately differentiate between the source of the sirens: EMS, PD, or FD.
ah hell...i can differentiate b/w which station the truck is from as well!! lol
* You can't decide on your reaction to getting a call: "Hell yeah" or "God damn it".
many times lol
* You've ever left your ambulance door unlocked at a hospital and come out to some horrible joke having been played on you (someone turning your sirens on, someone using a spine board strap to tie your inside door handles together, etc.).
beware of packaging peanuts
* You've talked about your crews' dinner plans over a DOA.
yup....and vice versa
 

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you know you an EMT when your posting on EMT Life. drumshot please

you know your an EMT when your posting in a thread about knowing your an EMT.:rolleyes:

you know you an EMT when your weekend starts on Monday. :unsure:

You know your an EMT when personal trauma bag was originally packed 10 years ago and has yet to be used. :glare:

You know you an EMT when half naked ugly people answering the door at the 5am sick job no longer bothers you.

You know your an EMT when you take the patient to a hospital near where you want to eat lunch at. ;)

you know your an EMT when you take a recert class.

you know your an EMT when your car has a back up alarm and a back up alarm cancel button.

you know your paid EMT when you make fun of the oversized monstrosities volunteers call ambulances. They need a CDL to be cleared as a driver.

You know your an EMT when you look to pick up shifts where your vacationing.
 

RescueYou

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That just happened to me when we were watching "Trauma"

HAHAHAHAHA
1. I agree. I enjoy Trauma sometimes, but I drive my friends crazy.

2. I have kicked my fiance out onto the couch for being more of a critic than I (he is a EMT-P/FF already)

3. Yes...you know you are an EMT when you get on here to talk about knowing you are an EMT. lol
 
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