I started working ems in 1994, come this September it will be 23 years of long shifts, lukewarm food, and lousy sleeping accommodations. the realization I have had is I hate working overnights, I don’t really care about shift differentials, or more freedom because of less management etc, I want to sleep in my bed, in the dark, next to my wife like a normal human. This has nothing to do with a lack of pain meds either. Simply put I have done this a long time, EMS is a young mans game, I am old and broken so please put me to bed, tuck me in and leave a cookie for me to eat later, ill see you when the sun is coming up.