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Take both, neither are long and some community colleges offer these classes. I took both and with the EKG cert I ended up getting a job in a CVICU. I perform patient care duties as well and have ended up learning a considerable amount while working here . Also pays a lot better than when I...

My knowledge of American demographics isn’t the best, but don’t the densely populated areas, host the majority of the population ? (Genuine question, I have actually have poor knowledge )

I second this, I work at a hospital in Los Angeles and none of us could have envisioned at the start of the year some of the stuff going on right now.

Don’t know much about AMbulnz . But we frequently send pretty sick patients out to higher level care in their CCT rigs and have sent patients on ecmo twice in the past few months with them . Don’t know what the company is like to work with but I know as a new emt this would be something that...

So from what I’ve heard the hospital I work at have been intubating suspect patients early. To avoid everyone running in the room if the patient crashes and to avoid having the patient on BI Pap. Once the patient is on 6 liters they intubate and transfer to ICU, although I can’t see this...

I have found that learning to suffer physically through sports such as bike racing has helped me when I suffer mentally. Meditation also has helped immensely with both mental and physical pain, although I am far from perfect and you’ll be struck to find someone who is. Just remember that even...

I was just interested in the “Ooh, sorry that you have breast cancer, but you’re 90, so we’re not going to do anything.” Part it sounded like you had a bad experience ?

Good answer I agree with pretty much everything you said, and I edited my original post as you actually answered my question a bit in your first post and I hadn’t realized . I would like to reiterate the idea though that each healthcare system varies through out each country, and can also vary...

So I’m confused are you comparing the US system to the UK system or the US system to the Canadian system. Like you stated there is no perfect system. But it varies across all systems. The access may have been better for those Canadians compared to where they’re from in Canada, with where they...

I’m sorry you had such a bad experience, my grandfather received excellent treatment from the NHS when he had terminal Lung Cancer. I also received great treatment from the nhs in the past aswell. It’s very similar to medical system in the us in the context that some people have bad experiences...

I work in a cvicu/ burn unit as tech/monitor tech / other stuff it’s a good job, pays well and is way more than I thought I would do as an EMT

Thank you for the replies, I think we all agree that taking down time and the ability to focus the mind on something else is an important skills to have in your toolbox. Hopefully more people are able to discover what helps them keep back stress in the work place .

Hello! Been reading these forums for a few years but just signed up. Recently my employer has started a weekly meditation class. I was slightly surprised at the low turn out but have been enjoying the class espically after reading up on meditation for the past year. Does anyone here believe...