Why is it..Part 1

Why is that when we’re called to a job on priority one (lights and sirens), the patient is waiting on the front porch with there bag packed?
Why is it that when someone collapses on the front lawn, they are carried into the house by well intentioned neighbours/relatives and usually taken to a room up the stairs and last room on the left? We’ve got to carry them out again.
Why is it that when someone calls for an Ambulance because they’re in respiratory distress, they just have to have a cigarette before they leave?
Why is it that people think that by going to hospital in an Ambulance they jump the queue and are seen by the Doc immediately? Well, they don’t. They are triaged just the same as anyone else.
Why is it that when there’s a full moon, I know we’re going to have one of those nights?
Why is it that no-one says they’ve being going over the speed limit when they’ve been involved in an accident?
Why is it that patients deny any chest pain until they’re asked by a Doctor at the hospital?
Why is it that when I’ve got something to do straight after my shift I always cop a late call?
Why is it, the larger the person, the farther they are into a house?
….to be continued.