After reading the many "You might be in EMS if..." lists, I thought there were a few missing descriptions of women in EMS. This is a good-natured post, I'm not trying to offend anybody and some of these are obvious over-exaggerations, so please keep it light-hearted. So, without further ado: You might be a woman in EMS if:
-You are more comfortable in BDU's/ uniform pants than slacks
-You carry a wallet instead of a purse. And you bought it in the men's department.
- You've ever bought clothing from the men's department
- You have 2 standard hairstyle options: cropped or in a ponytail
- The men in your agency are scared of you
- You have ever been asked by a man to lift/move something for him
- You've ever pretended to be an airhead in front of a patient just for laughs
-Your partner warns patients about your 'charming personality'
-You own more pairs of boots than heels
-When getting 'dressed up' means changing in to yoga pants/jeans and a FD tee shirt
-You can get your way 99% of the time
- Your everyday makeup consists of mascara and powder, IF your feeling energetic
-You've ever walked into a bad scene and had that pause when all the male FF's and EMT's wait to see if you'll freak out
-The men in your agency are so protective of you that you feel like you have 30 older brothers
- You automatically tuck in your shirt even when you're off-duty
-It took a year for your partner to stop asking if you wanted help
-You've had that short but... sweet conversation with your partner the first (and last) time he called you honey or sweety
- Your wardrobe consists of:
-4 uniform shirts in various 'puffed-out stomach' styles
-Several uniform pants in a range of up-to-your-ribcage high to crotch-between-your-knees
-A couple job shirts with your last name embroidered in unromantic block letters
- A few pair of comfortably worn jeans and sweatpants
- A stack of FD tee shirts and jackets
- 1 'sexy' dress that you can't remember the last time you wore
- You've ever want to (or actually) punched a FF/EMT for trying to take things from you or do things for you when you clearly don't need help
- You've ever walked through a room full of FF's/EMT's carrying 2 bags, a backboard and a monitor and no one looked twice or tried to help you
- You don't care if your boyfriend/girlfriend can cook or clean, but they better know how to do compressions and intubate
- You've ever unintentionally scared away a date by telling stories at dinner
- You're the smallest person in your agency, and you would rather go to the garage and get a 5 foot ladder than ask someone to reach something for you
Please add more!
(These are all original, observations from my experience as a women in EMS. Please do not share/reuse these without giving me credit.)
-You are more comfortable in BDU's/ uniform pants than slacks
-You carry a wallet instead of a purse. And you bought it in the men's department.
- You've ever bought clothing from the men's department
- You have 2 standard hairstyle options: cropped or in a ponytail
- The men in your agency are scared of you
- You have ever been asked by a man to lift/move something for him
- You've ever pretended to be an airhead in front of a patient just for laughs
-Your partner warns patients about your 'charming personality'
-You own more pairs of boots than heels
-When getting 'dressed up' means changing in to yoga pants/jeans and a FD tee shirt
-You can get your way 99% of the time
- Your everyday makeup consists of mascara and powder, IF your feeling energetic
-You've ever walked into a bad scene and had that pause when all the male FF's and EMT's wait to see if you'll freak out
-The men in your agency are so protective of you that you feel like you have 30 older brothers
- You automatically tuck in your shirt even when you're off-duty
-It took a year for your partner to stop asking if you wanted help
-You've had that short but... sweet conversation with your partner the first (and last) time he called you honey or sweety
- Your wardrobe consists of:
-4 uniform shirts in various 'puffed-out stomach' styles
-Several uniform pants in a range of up-to-your-ribcage high to crotch-between-your-knees
-A couple job shirts with your last name embroidered in unromantic block letters
- A few pair of comfortably worn jeans and sweatpants
- A stack of FD tee shirts and jackets
- 1 'sexy' dress that you can't remember the last time you wore
- You've ever want to (or actually) punched a FF/EMT for trying to take things from you or do things for you when you clearly don't need help
- You've ever walked through a room full of FF's/EMT's carrying 2 bags, a backboard and a monitor and no one looked twice or tried to help you
- You don't care if your boyfriend/girlfriend can cook or clean, but they better know how to do compressions and intubate
- You've ever unintentionally scared away a date by telling stories at dinner
- You're the smallest person in your agency, and you would rather go to the garage and get a 5 foot ladder than ask someone to reach something for you
Please add more!
(These are all original, observations from my experience as a women in EMS. Please do not share/reuse these without giving me credit.)