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I red your replies... EPIC... some of these aren't mine it's a collective list from alot of people... such as the using npa's as a loc check lol... def. not mine. And yes i did see truama... it is terrible lol... my friend loves that show and gets very irritated when I try and watch it with him... and note i said try... i can't stand sitting through it for more than a few minutes lol. And as for bringing coffee by thats pretty nice. But for me.. i bring desserts... (mom's a pastery chef ) the guys love it

*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 drive past the ER ambulance bay just to see who's busy today.

* You find humor in other people's stupidity.

* Your paycheck depends on the aforementioned stupidity of others.

* 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 can drink a cup of coffee and go straight to bed.

* You plan your weekends off a year in advance.

* You think caffeine should be available in IV form.

* You've ever held a 14 gauge needle over someone's vein and said, "Now there's gonna be a little poke.".

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

* 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.

* 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 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 "damn it".

* 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.

* You recognize your frequent flyers not by name, but by address.

* Your family members have to have a fever of 105 or be missing a limb with active bleeding to obtain your sympathy.

* You disbelieve 90% of what you are told and 75% of what you see.

* 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 believe the government should require a permit to reproduce.

* 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.

feel free to add your own

I just completed my intro into als... I passed the test, the class, and the assessments. now its on to basic ekg and als medical care and my internship!!! I can't wait... that test was very hard and the average score for that test was a 60... thank goodness i got much higher than that Wish me luck with my intership. I am so nervous to start an iv on an actual human

thanks guys... I think i got it... Im ready to take the test i think next class... I seem to be getting it right i just need to remember to check my math and not rush it... wish me luck

so I just started my emt-i and we are diving into med math. I think i get how it works... but are there any tips to help me better learn it. I get the formula... it's just the actual math that kills me. what did you guys do to help you learn it?