Do You Dream About Work?

[AnthonyM83]

I'm not even working in the field yet, except for ride-alongs, but last night I found myself dreaming of being in a hospital with a nurse reviewing the six medications EMTs could administer. Of course there's always the little quirks in it, like them replacing the Epi-Pens with Advil, that you don't notice until you wake up.

Do you guys find yourself going home after a long shift only to go back on duty in your sleep?

[Eydawn]

I've definitely run through scenes again in my dreams... not always bad.. sometimes just noticing things I hadn't before... sometimes I'll dream about things I'm worried about, like one of my sick friends having to go to the hospital and how all that would work. Sometimes I'll go back to before I was an EMT and things that I saw or that happened that I would have responded to differently now.

Definitely have recurring dreams about my dorm catching on fire. Think it's because of the smokers below me- somehow their cig smoke gets vented into my bathroom (we're not supposed to smoke in this buidling). Anyway, I definitely have dreams about waking up to the fire alarm and trying to wake up all my roommates- even though it's never happened... and what I would do while doing that- like grabbing my cell phone etc. Definitely that dream feels like I'm on duty.

Wendy

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[Beagle189]

Occasionally I dream about EMS work.

[Ridryder 911]

Yes, way too much. Usually the bad calls, turn out worse, than they were...

R/r 911

[EmtJim]

Yes, both good and bad. This is a subject for it's own forum

[medicgirl69]

Well, I sleepwalk and sleep-talk quite often - drives my partners insane, more so when I am anxious about something or if something is bothering me.

A few months ago, I woke up on a night off and found my husband sleeping in the living room.

His response to my interrogation: "Baby, you said something about a needle and fastpatches and suddenly the couch looked really comfortable."

Sometimes I wish he weren't a medic, too - at least then he wouldn't understand what I was talking about at night.

[PRPGfirerescuetech]

Repeatedly. Alot. Bad calls, and worse calls.

Had a job a few years ago with 4 teenage kids burnt up in a car. Alive when we arrived, screaming and all. I relive that damn call every night to this day.

[rcmedic]

I dream about it sometimes.

Sometimes I dream about trout fishing too.

I don't even like fish.

;-)

[cosgrojo]

I used to dream about work constantly.... I've effectively blocked out night-time references to my daily life.

Now I only dream of large-breasted brunettes.... Excellent trade off. 8)

[Beagle189]

Anybody ever dream about running a call Naked?