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There is no such thing as a textbook case.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about medicine, things

You've come to conclude 90% of all drunks are a waste of protoplasm.

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Never refer to someone in respiratory distress as a Smurf.

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Automatically multiply by 3 the number of drinks they claim to have had.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about medicine, numbers

Your social skills will be lacking, if all your anecdotes deal with blood.

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Assume every female between 6 and 106 is pregnant until proven otherwise.

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Get very, very scared when a child is too quiet.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about medicine, quiet, children

Don't place bets on the glucose level of an unresponsive patient.

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You cannot institute a surcharge for unruly or surly patients.

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It is not necessary to have a pet name for your cardiac monitor.

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As long as stupidity remains epidemic, you have job security.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about medicine, stupidity, security, contentment

Don't worry about the gunshot wound as much as dealing with the family.

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

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

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

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Emergency calls will randomly come in all at once.

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Assume that all field personnel are idiots until their actions prove your assumption.

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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.

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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.

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Any patient who chooses to go to Jail instead of the Hospital has probably been in my rig in the past.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about medicine, past