I got to work only a couple minutes early for my 8am shift. I'll be honest, after the previous day's 16 hour shift I was still pretty tired. I know I am not as young as I used to be. I have been a paramedic for going on 18 years now. There are some grey patches in my beard lately and some mornings the joints are pretty achy. I was scheduled with a guy that was a real loudmouth braggart today. I wasn't really looking forwa...