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…... Your training ship does not necessarily mean you will stay on that ship/route. Sometimes 1 or 2 will stay with that ship, but they mostly train a group on one ship for a week and then fly you out to your ship assignment. When you sign your contract it will say the first ship you join...

Hahaha Hahaha! Yes, JaysonSD definitely knows what I've tried to bring on board! I've upgraded to 42" by the way mounted on my cabin wall :cool: For the rest of you, you'll figure out what works best for you on these contracts. Personally, I have to have my TV, my bose sound system, and my...

Go for it! Medic4dawgs, First off, if your name is referring to the Georgia Bulldogs, go FSU!!! Hahaha! Going on my 4th contract now with PCL, we've had medics come and go. Some love it, some hate it. It's a big difference than being a road medic….increased scope of practice, multiple...

Deception Medic, Congrats! Hope to see you on the high seas. 4th contract now and it's still a blast. Obviously, there are ups and downs just like any other job, but it comes down to your own outlook. The medics that stay seem to see the best in the job. I am now over 20 countries and 50...

Keep in mind that scrubs are not the only uniform for a medical officer onboard. Other officer uniforms include summer whites, red sea rig, and others where the use of long sleeve under armour shirts (or similar) are not allowed. Tattoos are evaluated on a case by case basis. I have one under...

Unfortunately, those tattoos are going to be a deal breaker. No visible tattoos. Sorry. Ciao

nailstab28, Sorry, there is no such website and that information is impossible to obtain. There are no vacancies on individual ships as you do not work on a specific ship. By that, I mean Princess assigns you a ship which you could be in for that entire contract (4 months) or could be...

pamedic38, Here is an email address, PCLpm@mhginsurance.com to get a quote. MHG Insurance is for maritime employees such as ourselves. This is to get supplemental insurance including your time off. As for unemployment, that depends on your individual state's requirements, you'll have to look...

paramedic38, There is no health insurance per say. While on ship, you have free health care to a certain extent. There are a few things they won't cover as it is in your contract which includes dangerous sports, i.e.. skydiving (did it anyway), scuba diving (did it anyway), rental of...

2 ways: Everyone has phones in their rooms, officers have an outside line that you can use crew prepaid phone cards ($10 for about 110 minutes). If you have an unlocked cell phone, you can buy a crew SIM card to use the satellite with prepaid minutes and texts. I don't encourage using own US...

Go for the gold my friend! And just another perk to the job....in the past year, I've seen 18 countries and 43 cities around the world and getting paid for it!

Surveying all the new hires, it does help to have clinic or ER experience on the resume. Critical care seems to be a trend as well. I think they are also looking for the medic that is over the "lights and sirens" so to speak. If you still want the traumas, MVA's, gun shot wounds, etc., this...

You won't get anyone to discuss pay. Particularly because each persons pay is different based on qualifications, education, experience etc. I hope you can understand. It is comparable to any other paramedic job out there and keep in mind they cover room and board.

Response medicaustik, Third contract Princess Medic here....I admire your enthusiasm, it's needed for this type of career. To respond to troymclure's experience with other job fields, you've got to understand that there are rank structures on the ship. You have crew, staff, and officers in...

New Hire Medic722, There is a bunch of questions that will probably be answered by looking back at previous posts, more specifically, ones by jaysonsd and sea medic. If you have any other questions on top of that let me know. Good luck to you! It's an adventure!