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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.
* 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.
