Trauma's Mistress
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Very funny and yet also true stuff. The Two weeks assessment change at 0300 is funny, and couldnt be more true !
You know your an EMT....
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Medic115
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LOL, I feel your pain!!!
njff/emt
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You can tell what type of call its gonna be just by hearing the address
EMSBLONDIE24
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You're an EMT when...
Meals are considered optional and if it can't be eaten one handed, it's not considered edible.
You find the rocking motion and the screaming of the sirens soothing and can nap while your partner floors it to a call.
Partial nudity is considered fully clothed.
You pull the shopping cart though the grocery store instead of pushing it.
Your red radio accents your black cocktail dress.
Quiet kids scare you.
You want your future DNR order pinned to the front of your T-shirt.
You've done CPR to the beat of "Stayin Alive"
You've "ridden" someone or know surfing can take place in the winter.
Linda Blair style vomit no longer bothers you.
You see your partner more than your SO.
You decide moving into the station would be a smart move and save you gas costs.
Meals are considered optional and if it can't be eaten one handed, it's not considered edible.
You find the rocking motion and the screaming of the sirens soothing and can nap while your partner floors it to a call.
Partial nudity is considered fully clothed.
You pull the shopping cart though the grocery store instead of pushing it.
Your red radio accents your black cocktail dress.
Quiet kids scare you.
You want your future DNR order pinned to the front of your T-shirt.
You've done CPR to the beat of "Stayin Alive"
You've "ridden" someone or know surfing can take place in the winter.
Linda Blair style vomit no longer bothers you.
You see your partner more than your SO.
You decide moving into the station would be a smart move and save you gas costs.
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pvfd62med22
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You're an EMT when...
Meals are considered optional and if it can't be eaten one handed, it's not considered edible.
And always where a vest that you can take off on arrival of scene to show your nice white uniform shirt after trying to eat and drive at the same time..lol
You find the rocking motion and the screaming of the sirens soothing and can nap while your partner floors it to a call.
so true..
Partial nudity is considered fully clothed.
LOL..
You pull the shopping cart though the grocery store instead of pushing it.
When we have time to stop at the store:sad:
Your red radio accents your black cocktail dress.
Quiet kids scare you.
Yup everytime
You want your future DNR order pinned to the front of your T-shirt.
True again
You've done CPR to the beat of "Stayin Alive"
The only true song to do CPR too... (my instructor said so)
You've "ridden" someone or know surfing can take place in the winter.
Linda Blair style vomit no longer bothers you.
You see your partner more than your SO.
LOL
You decide moving into the station would be a smart move and save you gas costs.
So true.. 50 to 80hrs a week give or take a little:wacko
Meals are considered optional and if it can't be eaten one handed, it's not considered edible.
And always where a vest that you can take off on arrival of scene to show your nice white uniform shirt after trying to eat and drive at the same time..lol
You find the rocking motion and the screaming of the sirens soothing and can nap while your partner floors it to a call.
so true..
Partial nudity is considered fully clothed.
LOL..
You pull the shopping cart though the grocery store instead of pushing it.
When we have time to stop at the store:sad:
Your red radio accents your black cocktail dress.
Quiet kids scare you.
Yup everytime
You want your future DNR order pinned to the front of your T-shirt.
True again
You've done CPR to the beat of "Stayin Alive"
The only true song to do CPR too... (my instructor said so)
You've "ridden" someone or know surfing can take place in the winter.
Linda Blair style vomit no longer bothers you.
You see your partner more than your SO.
LOL
You decide moving into the station would be a smart move and save you gas costs.
So true.. 50 to 80hrs a week give or take a little:wacko
RescueYou
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You're an EMT when...
Meals are considered optional and if it can't be eaten one handed, it's not considered edible.
hahahaha amen!!
You find the rocking motion and the screaming of the sirens soothing and can nap while your partner floors it to a call.
been there, done that lol
Partial nudity is considered fully clothed.
lol
You pull the shopping cart though the grocery store instead of pushing it.
welllll.....
Your red radio accents your black cocktail dress.
black radio accented my red dress lol
Quiet kids scare you.
oh i know...
You want your future DNR order pinned to the front of your T-shirt.
You've done CPR to the beat of "Stayin Alive"
that's how we were taught in my first emt class!!!
You've "ridden" someone or know surfing can take place in the winter.
I got smacked once for sayin I rode someone's SO to the hospital...
Linda Blair style vomit no longer bothers you.
after awhile, no bodily fluids or excretions bother you
You see your partner more than your SO.
yup
You decide moving into the station would be a smart move and save you gas costs. rofl
Meals are considered optional and if it can't be eaten one handed, it's not considered edible.
hahahaha amen!!
You find the rocking motion and the screaming of the sirens soothing and can nap while your partner floors it to a call.
been there, done that lol
Partial nudity is considered fully clothed.
lol
You pull the shopping cart though the grocery store instead of pushing it.
welllll.....
Your red radio accents your black cocktail dress.
black radio accented my red dress lol
Quiet kids scare you.
oh i know...
You want your future DNR order pinned to the front of your T-shirt.
You've done CPR to the beat of "Stayin Alive"
that's how we were taught in my first emt class!!!
You've "ridden" someone or know surfing can take place in the winter.
I got smacked once for sayin I rode someone's SO to the hospital...
Linda Blair style vomit no longer bothers you.
after awhile, no bodily fluids or excretions bother you
You see your partner more than your SO.
yup
You decide moving into the station would be a smart move and save you gas costs. rofl
MS Medic
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when the station tones in your dreams wake you up at three a.m. and you had to call dispatch on the phone to make sure it was a dream
armywifeemt
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The thing that makes this great for me is it goes both ways in my house...
I'm an EMT/FF, he's a soldier.. so I critique medical stuff, or diagnose illnesses portrayed on "medical" TV shows before they get to it... (Like the episode of grey's anatomy where they were trying to determine who killed the smoke inhalation patient by not realizing she had smoke inhalation.. I called it in under five minutes) and he gets annoyed... but when we watch war movies, or movies with guns in them.. he gripes about the gun not being what they say it was or firing too many rounds or blah blah blah...
So the key here is to find something the girlfriend knows a lot about and watch a couple TV shows with that.. then when she starts in on it, you can say "Ha, you do it too, no more couch for me!!"
Then again, she'll probably still win, and you'll end up on the couch again just for trying.
I'm an EMT/FF, he's a soldier.. so I critique medical stuff, or diagnose illnesses portrayed on "medical" TV shows before they get to it... (Like the episode of grey's anatomy where they were trying to determine who killed the smoke inhalation patient by not realizing she had smoke inhalation.. I called it in under five minutes) and he gets annoyed... but when we watch war movies, or movies with guns in them.. he gripes about the gun not being what they say it was or firing too many rounds or blah blah blah...
So the key here is to find something the girlfriend knows a lot about and watch a couple TV shows with that.. then when she starts in on it, you can say "Ha, you do it too, no more couch for me!!"
Then again, she'll probably still win, and you'll end up on the couch again just for trying.
firetender
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Solve The Riddle!
If that was on a U.S. road you would have killed you and your partner.
I fell asleep on the way to a job on Saturday
If that was on a U.S. road you would have killed you and your partner.
armywifeemt
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I don't think he was driving, firetender. As much as I may not like some of the things he says, I am pretty sure he was probably in the passenger's seat.. No endangerment there.
That said, if he was driving... EEEK
That said, if he was driving... EEEK
I'll argue with video games and movies where horrible CPR is preformed and the person still gets saved.
-You know you're an EMT when you make an effort to get a good look at the monitor rhythm in the movies or TV.
- You know you're an EMT when you attempt to become the lead medic of a TV code by shouting orders at the screen.
I do this constantly, especially after Paramedic classes. I'm usually like =O when a person at rest is showing a FUBAR rhythm, asystole gets shocked, or a supposedly seriously sick person (bad heart attack) shows a pretty normal rhythm. I know the latter CAN happen, but it's more common that it doesn't (plus they often make it seem like it's late stage, so there SHOULD be deepened Q's, super-elevated ST's, maybe inverted T's or P's, heart blocks, and all sorts of other ugliness).
-You know you're an EMT when you make an effort to get a good look at the monitor rhythm in the movies or TV.
- You know you're an EMT when you attempt to become the lead medic of a TV code by shouting orders at the screen.
I do this constantly, especially after Paramedic classes. I'm usually like =O when a person at rest is showing a FUBAR rhythm, asystole gets shocked, or a supposedly seriously sick person (bad heart attack) shows a pretty normal rhythm. I know the latter CAN happen, but it's more common that it doesn't (plus they often make it seem like it's late stage, so there SHOULD be deepened Q's, super-elevated ST's, maybe inverted T's or P's, heart blocks, and all sorts of other ugliness).
Dutch-EMT
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Yeah! And we didn't even talk about the paddles placed wrong...
You know your an EMT when you take the patient to a hospital near where you want to eat lunch at.
AMEN. On those calls where they needed a WHAAAAmbulance, we strongly suggest one hospital because "it's your best bet," aka they're the nice ones who feed us oreos and gatorade instead of the quarter once chek sodas
nomofica
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Nah, it's actually when you've done CPR to "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen!
PS: Just make sure you're not singing out loud.
jjesusfreak01
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Man, when my prof told our class that you can't shock asystole everyone was like, "Wait, what?"
I am relatively sure that at least 90% of "defibrillations" on TV are done to patients in asystole.
I am relatively sure that at least 90% of "defibrillations" on TV are done to patients in asystole.
In the old days, they used to pace asystole, IIRC. Just to throw out a partial non sequitor.