You've been in EMS too long when:

My original purpose of having a blog was to put some EMS humor up every now n then. I'm sure some of you have seen this stuff before, but oh well. Here's the first of several installments.

You've been in EMS too long When:

• When S.O.B. now means Shortness Of Breath and not necessarily how you feel about a person.
• When your spouse/significant other has his/her hands on you and the reason is practicing patient assessment, not passion.
• When you're on ambulance duty, you go home, and your own dog won't let you into the house because it no longer recognizes you.
• When members of the opposite sex are in the same vehicle in various states of half-dress and nobody notices enough to mention it or to be embarrassed.
• When the word "Latex" no longer immediately brings to mind safe sex, but the gloves that you wear.
• When family pets clear a path when they hear the tones drop so they won't get mowed over.
• When caffeine becomes a sedative.
• When you meet a person and your first thought is "Wow, look at those veins".
• When a silent and motionless child is no longer a desired sight.
• When you notice that your worst Non-EMS hair day isnt even close to your best EMS hair day, and neither you nor your partner care about it anymore.
• You know all of your frequent fliers' medical histories better than they do.
• When starting your P.O.V. you reach for the "Battery On" switch. (I do know a few ppl that require a battery switch due to the number of lights on their vehicle)
• When the utterance of the dreaded "Q word" on a slow shift causes people to start throwing objects at the person who said it.

Thats it for now, i'll do some more later.