You might be working for Rural EMS If......

[Richard B the EMT]

I'm sure that all the rest of us "Big City" people are joining in with the rural ones in laughter here. LMAO.

[MedFire]

When your most recent ice rescue involved borrowing snow moblies and quads just so u can reach the pt out in the middle of the lake. Those people were so nice to let us use them.. the quad made a great extraction tool. only had to walk with it holding the stokes so the guy didnt fall off the back.

[Summit]

When:

You respond to more snowmobile accidents than car accidents...

All your MCIs involve kids on sleds...

[dodge]

When you really get to know your pt. because the closest ed is over an hour away.

[Alcomedicism]

you not only know your pt, but also know your pts. grandparents, children and grand children.

-Dix

[my_4_lads]

when you know the type of call just by the address

[THE_DITCH_DOCTOR]

If there are more feed stores and grain elevators in your county than fire stations.

If there is "_____ Keg (Full)" is listed on the daily shift checklist. (I am not kidding there was a fire department in Indiana that actually kept a keg on their truck. To quote their chief, "If the house is more than half gone, why stress yourself? Who wants half a house" :shock: And these boys were our second due department people! :roll: )

[THE_DITCH_DOCTOR]

If you are not concerned with scene safety on a call for someone shot in the ass with a broadhead arrow because you know it was an accident and make it a point to say to the patient, "That'll teach ya to wear white underwear during deer season". That reminds me....I need to call Jake and find out how his uncle is doing.

[EMTJosh]

You are called to a 'Drive-by Cross-bowing'

There are no roads connecting your area with any hospital. Instead, you use air boats to ferry patients through the swampland

[Alcomedicism]

When your gunshot calls are frequently hunting related and it was an "accidental shooting".

You answer more NH calls than actual truama calls.