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You Might Be In EMS If...
The following material is copyrighted by Michael Seaver, RN, EMT, and may not be reproduced without his permission.
- You find humor in other people's stupidity
- You believe than 90% of people are a poor excuse for protoplasm
- Discussing dismemberment over a gourmet meal seems perfectly normal to you
- Your idea of fine dining is anywhere you sit down to eat
- You get an almost irresistible urge to stand and wolf your food even in
the nicer restaurants.
- You plan your dinner break while lavaging an overdose patient
- Your diet consists of food that has gone through more processing than most computers
- You believe chocolate is a food group
- You refer to vegetables and are not talking about a food group
- You believe a good tape job will fix anything
- You have the bladder capacity of five people
- You can identify the positive teeth to tattoo ratio
- Your idea of a good time is a full arrest at shift change
- You believe in aerial spraying of Prozac
- You firmly believe that if Dilantin, Haldol, Noranyl, and Narcan were put in the water instead of fluoride, dentists might be busier, but EMS would grind to a halt
- You have your weekends off planned in advance
- You automatically assume the patient is a drug seeker when presented with a complaint of: migraine; lower back pain; chronic myalgia; and a list of numerous allergies to meds (except Demerol); the statement that the family doctor is from out of town.
- Your idea of comforting a child includes placing them in a papoose restraint
- You encourage an obnoxious patient to sign out AMA so you don't have to deal with them any longer
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