Murphy's Law
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Never refer to someone in respiratory distress as a "Smurf".
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Never refer to someone in respiratory distress as a "Smurf".
This law belongs with Murphy's EMT Laws, where small assumptions, timing, and system complexity tend to turn into memorable failures.
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