EMS poems

[eternalgypsy]

[/font:11075fe5d8] Ok, I didn't know where else to put this so I just started a new thread. This is for any EMS related poems, lymrics, etc. I doesn't matter if you wrote it or you found it somewhere but please give credit to the author if you know who it is. I'll start off with a poem I wrote in response to the numerous questions I recieved about why I decided to go back to EMS.

Why EMS?

The pay ain't that great

Sometimes nothing at all

The hours are long

And a myst'ry each call

So you might ask me

"Why do you do it?"

"Why do you go there,

And put yourself through it?"

My answer is simple

What I do is an art

It's something that's in me

Comes straight from the heart

I do it for baby

And her very first breath

It's for the new mom

Smiling, covered in sweat

I do it for parents

Scared for their child

For all of the people

With thanks in their smiles

It's for the people

The young and the old

Who feel society

Left them in the cold

It's for the gentleman

Who died tonight

I held his hand

As he lost the fight

It's for the children

Crying and scared

I help them feel better

Just by being there

For the sick and the injured

Their family and friends

I'm there for them

Their strength to the end

My time with them, fleeting

An hour or two

But I helped make a difference

And that's what I do

Sometimes it's scary

Sometimes just boring

But some of the calls

Can really be flooring

It's not for the money

It sure ain't for fame

It's just for the people

Who're glad that I came

[whit72]

This one hangs in my locker,

not sure who wrote it, but I think its fitting

I have seen a few different versions.

The emt stood and faced his God

Which must always come to pass.

He hoped his uniform was clean,

He'd gotten dressed kinda fast.

"Step forward now, my son

How shall I deal with you?

Have you always turned the other cheek?

To my church have you been true?"

The young man squared his shoulders and said,

"No Lord I guess I ain't,

cause those of us who wade in blood,

can't always be a saint.

I've had to work most Sundays,

and at times my talk was tough.

And at times I've been violent,

cause the streets are awful rough.

But I never took a penny

that wasn't mine to keep...

I worked alot of overtime,

when the bills they got too steep.

And I never passed a cry for help,

though at times I shook with fear.

And sometimes, God forgive me,

I have wept unmanly tears.

I know I don't deserve a place

among these people here.

They never wanted me around,

except to calm their fears.

If you have a place for me, Lord,

It needn't be so grand.

I never expected to meet you today,

But if you don't I undestand."

There was silence all around the throne,

where saints had often trod.

As the emt waited quietly

for the judgement of his God.

"Step forward now, my son

You've borne your burdens well.

Walk peacefully on heavens streets.

You've done your time in hell."

[Eric]

i like them but we need more post like this .

love to the women and pace out

[aline]

[align=centSorry If We Woke You…

Sorry if we woke you in the middle of the night,

But someone in your neighborhood is fighting for his life.

Sorry if we block the road and make you turn around,

But there's been a bad wreck with dying children on the ground.

When you see us coming you'll understand,

Let us have the right-of-way - someone needs a helping hand.

Sometimes a child is choking, sometimes a broken leg.

Sometimes a heart stops beating, and when we get there it's too late.

So if you see us crying when we think we're alone,

You'll know we had a "bad" one and we're feeling mighty down.

We don't do it for the money -- you know we don't get paid.

We don't do it for the glory but for a life that might be saved.

Somewhere deep within us our souls are crying out,

"We're here to help our neighbors in their hour of pain and doubt."

God gave us something special to help us see you through,

We do it 'cause we love you, and we care about you too.

er]

Take Care and Stay Safe

[aline]

LAWS OF EMS :wink:

1. The First Law of EMS:

All emergency calls will wait until you begin to eat, regardless of the time.

2. The EMS Law of Gravity:

Any instrument, when dropped, will always come to rest in the least accessible place possible.

3. The EMS Law of Time and Distance:

The distance of the call from the hospital increases as the time to shift change decreases.

Corollary 1 - The shortest distance between the station and the scene is under construction.

4. The EMS Rule of Random Simultaneity:

Emergency calls will randomly come in all at once.

5. The Axiom of Late-Night Runs:

If you respond to any motor vehicle accident call after midnight and do not find a drunk on the scene, keep looking - somebody is still missing.

6. The EMS Law of Options:

Any patient, when given the option of either going to jail or going to the hospital by a police officer, will always be inside the ambulance before you are.

7. EMS Rules of the Bathroom:

A. If a call is received between 0500 and 0700, the location of the call will always be in the bathroom.

B. If you have just gone to the bathroom, no call will be received.

C. If you have not just gone to the bathroom, you will soon regret it, because the probability of receiving a run increases proportionally to the time elapsed since last going to the bathroom.

8. The First Principle of Triage:

In any accident, the degree of injury suffered by a patient is inversely proportional to the amount and volume of agonized screaming produced by that patient.

9. The Gross Injury Rule:

Any injury, the sight of which makes you sick, should immediately be covered by 4x4s and Kerlix.

10. The EMS Law of Light:

As the seriousness of any given injury increases, the availability of light to examine that injury decreases.

11. The EMS Law of Space:

The amount of space which is needed to work on a patient varies inversely with the amount of space which is available to work on that patient.

12. The EMS Theory of Relativity:

The number of distraught and uncooperative relatives surrounding any given patient varies exponentially with the seriousness of the patient's illness or injury.

13. The EMS Theory of Weight:

The weight of the patient that you are about to transport increases by the square of the sum of the number of floors which must be ascended to reach the patient plus the number of floors which must be descended while carrying the patient.

Corollary 1 - Very heavy patients tend to gravitate toward locations which are furthest from sea level.

Corollary 2 - If the patient is heavy, the elevator is broken, and the lights in the stairwell are out.

14. The EMS Rules of No-Transport:

A Life-or-Death situation will immediately be created by driving away from the home of patient whom you have just advised to go to the hospital in a private vehicle.

15. The First EMS Rule of Bystanders:

Any bystander who offers you help will give you none.

16. The Second EMS Rule of Bystanders:

Always assume that any Physician found at the scene of an emergency is a Proctologist, until proven otherwise.

17. The EMS Rule of Warning Devices:

Any ambulance, whether it is responding to a call or traveling to a hospital, with lights and siren, will be totally ignored by all motorists, pedestrians, and dogs which may be found in or near the roads along its route.

18. The EMS Rule of Rules:

As soon as an EMS Rule is accepted as absolute, an exception to that Rule will immediately occur.

[EMT-B 55]

http://www.davesems.com/

has more poems and ather items

Have a good day

EMT-B 55

[primemedic01]

I WANT TO TELL YOU LIES

© Kalvere. All rights reserved

I want to tell that little boy his Mom will be just fine

I want to tell that dad we got his daughter out in time

I want to tell that wife her husband will be home tonight

I don't want to tell it like it is, I want to tell them lies

You didn't put their seat belts on, you feel you killed your kids

I want to say you didn't ... but in a way, you did

You pound your fists into my chest, you're hurting so inside

I want to say you'll be OK, I want to tell you lies

You left chemicals within his reach and now it's in his eyes

I want to say your son will see, not tell you he'll be blind

You ask me if he'll be OK, with pleading in your eyes

I want to say that yes he will, I want to tell you lies

I can see you're crying as your life goes up in smoke

If you'd maintained that smoke alarm, your children may have woke

Don't grab my arm and ask me if your family is alive

Don't make me tell you they're all dead, I want to tell you lies

I want to say she'll be OK, you didn't take her life

I hear you say you love her and you'd never hurt your wife

You thought you didn't drink too much, you thought that you could drive

I don't want to say how wrong you were, I want to tell you lies

You only left her for a moment, it happens all the time

How could she have fell from there? You thought she couldn't climb

I want to say her neck's not broke, that she will be just fine

I don't want to say she's paralyzed, I want to tell you lies

I want to tell this teen his buddies didn't die in vain

Because he thought that it'd be cool to try to beat that train

I don't want to tell him this will haunt him all his life

I want to say that he'll forget, I want to tell him lies

You left the cabinet open and your daughter found the gun

Now you want me to undo the damage that's been done

You tell me she's your only child, you say she's only five

I don't want to say she won't see six, I want to tell you lies

He fell into the pool when you just went to grab the phone

It was only for a second that you left him there alone

If you let the damn phone ring perhaps your boy would be alive

But I don't want to tell you that, I want to tell you lies

The fact that you were speeding caused that car to overturn

And we couldn't get them out of there before the whole thing burned

Did they suffer? Yes, they suffered, as they slowly burned alive

But I don't want to say those words, I want to tell you lies

But I have to tell it like it is, until my shift is through

And then the real lies begin, when I come home to you,

You ask me how my day was, and I say it was just fine

I hope you understand, sometimes, I have to tell you lies

[91FireMedic1]

Ok just wrote this today took like 15 mins so its not perfect.......

I am a Paramedic

Helping is my game

Ive always wanted to go out with the biggest of bangs

As the bell rang

we raced to our truck

hopefully this call doesnt suck

Dispatch says its another ill male

Oh my god one more of these and someone will have to pay my bail

I did my job and i did it well

This male is now feeling swell

code two to the hospital

to get him checked out

The ER wont be happy i know they will pout

We stopped for a light and went when it was green

then all i heard was my driver scream

I heard a bang then it went silent

no pain, no anger, no hatred at all

now i know something is wrong

I saw a bright light

which isnt right i know we were driving at night

My patient was there

and didnt seem to care

along with a line of others

a man yelled from the front

"PARAMEDIC YOUR UP!"

I walked the line

and started to cry

i knew that i had died

the man was scared

all in a hustle

whats got you all in a tussle

He replied with a voice

so nervous and coarse

"I really think hes getting worse"

We called you here because you are the best

Now its time we put you to the test

and see where you stand around the rest

We walk to a room

people looked gloom

and approached a throne

made of marble and stone

I looked at the man and knew it was god

all he did was look and nod

I asked what was wrong

he said i dont feel so well

i glared and asked am i really in hell

He replied you do your job and you do it well

Are you kidding me another ill male.....

BY: MAD

[Richard B the EMT]

"aline's" post (# 5 of this string) is based on a "JEMS" article called Reilly's Rules of EMS. I refer to it a lot.

Item 16 has a Corollary: Never turn your back on a proctologist!