Tom, You really are going to get the general public thinking that we ALL do such things in the back (or front) of the ambulances..... So here's a point from me...... (Directed towards the general public!!!)...... In 10 years of doing this job I have only found that it is the MALE paramedics and emt's who have a distinct lack of control in the Farting department!!! Usually followed by much guffawing (from them!!) and a general description and overview of all the food and drink they've consumed in the last 24 hours!! It's not just in the back of ambulances either.... Picture the scene, if you will..... At some god-forsaken time of the night, an ambulance parked up in a quiet layby on standby (strategic positioning? Pah!!), It's getting cold so the heating is blasting hot air at us merrily........ you're bored, have back and leg ache from sitting in the same position on the cramped seat, jiffling irritatingly just to keep the circulation running freely.... and just for a bit of a giggle your crewmate drops a huge one.... NICE (NOT!!!!)..... The instant this occurs, control feel fit to either send us on our way to a job or move us to another standby point.......... You go home at the end of your shift hours later with the pungent odour of said fart clinging to your clothes..... and it's so bad the smell stays with you for hours to come...... So come on guys, spare a thought for us ladies out there on the road eh???? ;0( (and yes I do fart!!! but generally I am able to control such a bodily function as to do it in private away from poor, unsuspecting people!!!)