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Remi said:
However, if you think medic school is a "beat down", I wouldnt even think about to applying to PA school....
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There's a difference between the program I went to than your average program. Trust me. It wasn't the course work that was agonizing; I graduated with a 4.0 GPA and an associates.
 
beano said:
BTW you think riding in ambulance is fun, imaging all the procedures you can do as a hospital based PA. An the influence you can have over EMS/ED relations as an emed PA.
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That's why I want to do it. I like to do stuff with my hands...surgery?! It just seems so amazing that I could do something like that. Seems so far away though. My grades aren't the best but I still wanna give it a shot
 
beano said:
Maybe you don't have to quit? Drop to per diem. You can still pick up shifts as PA.

BTW you think riding in ambulance is fun, imaging all the procedures you can do as a hospital based PA. An the influence you can have over EMS/ED relations as an emed PA.
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No per diem here. Don't think I could go back to private. So its all or nothing haha.

From what I have seen, PA's can do a lot, or pretty much do nothing in the ED. Just depends on how they run at that specific facility.

I am starting to shadow a PA soon, so maybe that will help.
 
Ah EMS, go straight from that major trauma where the FD has to cut someone out of their car to get them to the trauma center....straight to the next call which was ETOH
 
Got to do my first cardio version today!
 
Well today I have accomplished a goal that I thought I would never achieve. 6 months ago I made one of the biggest health decisions of my life, quitting dipping tobacco. Cant believe I actually made it to the 6 month mark without relapsing.
 
CALEMT said:
Well today I have accomplished a goal that I thought I would never achieve. 6 months ago I made one of the biggest health decisions of my life, quitting dipping tobacco. Cant believe I actually made it to the 6 month mark without relapsing.
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Way to go. Quitting tobacco is very difficult. Nice job.
 
DEmedic said:
Way to go. Quitting tobacco is very difficult. Nice job.
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Thanks man! Quit in the middle of fire season by far the hardest thing I've ever done.
 
FireWA1 said:
Got to do my first cardio version today!
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Ahhh.... the wonderful experience of unleashing Sparky on some stubborn heart...
 
I never transport two patients. It's always one, or three [emoji19] Just got done with my third three-patient transport in a month. Such a pain in the ***...
 
10 more weeks bed rest until I can start PT... Had the follow up today.
Gotta figure out how to get down to take my NR for my medic sometime... I'm getting impatient to take it, no one will drive me to take it, though. Sick of not getting out of the house.
 
9D4 said:
10 more weeks bed rest until I can start PT... Had the follow up today.
Gotta figure out how to get down to take my NR for my medic sometime... I'm getting impatient to take it, no one will drive me to take it, though. Sick of not getting out of the house.
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I know how you feel brother. Hang in there.
 
saw the vid of the cop dancing in his RP...wonder how many people think he deserves to be fired/disciplined like the kid dancing in the ambulance?

 
So I'm taking seventeen credits of undergraduate coursework this semester, plus two Self-Paced Online Classes towards my major, and it's all easy, except for my nemesis, Spanish.

I hate learning written, Castillian Spanish. I hate the way it's taught, I hate how it's all formal and organized, I hate everything about it. Part of it's nativist pride, part of it is frustration because languages aren't my thing, and part of it's watching my Spanish-fluent wife shake her head in confusion because McGraw-Hill's program is silly.
 
Hey! I became semi fluent off those books. Fluent enough to assess patients.
 
It's not the book, it's the associated online program. Like Rosetta Stone, but way crappier.
 
That's too much for one class! Are you graded on that too? We had hand outs but I hate doing stuff online, my attention will drift off to YouTube or something (here)
 
Getting about time to buy some new headlights for my pickup truck. I want something bright...but but not blinding (some headlights make me swear the person is driving around with their brights on, I hate that and don't want to be one). Nor do I want something blue or yellow or anything silly like that...any advice?

I just bought a pair of Sylvania Silverstar halogens for my fog lights if that helps at all.
 
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