[k omalley]

"ever try crawling around the back of an ambulance in a scrub dress?"

No, but I have had to leap up on one of those high beds in ICU to do CPR. A short dress would be totally immodest and you would never be able to make the leap and would probably end up toppling backwards off the bed if your knees got caught in long skirts. At those times I am very grateful for my scrub pants with the elastic waist.
I've also had to wrestle a few patients in DT's about three times my size. Glad I was wearing pants.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

you would never be able to make the leap and would probably end up toppling backwards off the bed if your knees got caught in long skirts.

Yup. The scrub dresses have no stretch in them. You can only move so far. I'm still surprised I never ripped any trying to move quickly.