What is it like to be  Medic?
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I was a Medic with the 4th Division in Vietnam.\nWe did everything the infantry did until someone was hurt or killed. Myself I'm 100% disabled because of the Vietnam war. I was not only wounded twice but had cancers due to agent orange and PTSD. It was terrible. I not only had to try and patch up my friends but I had to try and find their body parts to ship home to their families.
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Please make sure you genuinely care for people if you choose nursing.\nIts wonderful having a caring nurse when you are needing care...They are much admired, much valued and much appreciated by the sick...\nWe take good health so much for granted...and we also take these service professions for granted too...\nIts not an easy job...but its very rewarding..if you care for people and enjoy looking after them...and I speak from a patients point of view...
755210
Joining as a medical assistant is probably one of the better branches to join although qualifications and job are not really comparable to a nurse or paramedic. The first year or so in training is nothing like serving with the fleet so if you join dont expect to see much of the real navy until you get on a ship. If you can stand it its a great experience and you will get to do and see things that you would never get a chance to do otherwise.
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I have worked as an RT for more than 35 years and I have worked in various areas in the USA and I worked in Saudi Arabia.  Basically my pay has been comparable to that of an RN.  Whenever we deal with humanity and especially closely involved with life & death situations....it can be extremely tense at times.....but I also have a lot of fun with my patients and my co-workers.  Honestly...there have been tears..tears of laughter and tears of sadness.  Rarely am I bored!  I like that I am working in every area of the hospital, because I like working in smaller hospitals.  In larger hospitals RTs often are assigned to a specific area.  My preferences are the ICUs and ERs.  RTs do a lot of work in cardiology and I am fascinated with this. \n\nAs hokey as it may sound, I love being part of a team....nurses, nurse techs,Drs, lab, xray, housekeeping.....they all...truely raise me up to be better than I am.  \n\nRight now you are being challenged in school...as an RT you will be challenged personally, physically, intellectually and emotionally to reach beyond the beyond.....often on a daily basis.  Get ready for the real ride of your life when this part of your education is finished.  By the way....your education will NEVER be finished.  Matter of fact, you have only just begun! \n\nLook, right now concentrate on graduating and then when you get to work as an RT, keep your mind open, work hard and be the best you can be.  Good luck!!!\n\nThank you for asking the question.....I loved answering!!!!
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I thank them everyday, I work beside them as a partner and friend.  \nI only wish we (Paramedics) were more appreciated for the life saving job that we do on a daily bases, when people are injured and sick.  When they look up at us and say "Am I gonna die?"  It's us that have that lasting memory on our mind.  Just remember, not all ambulance services are ran out of they Fire Department.  Thanks for listening
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Prior to becoming a Paramedic, you have to be an EMT-Basic.\nCheck with your local FD to find out when and where these classes can be obtained.  If you're able to join the department (volunteer?) then many times, they will not only will they help you find a class, they'll also pay your way through the class for you.
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Never heard of it yet. i think u mean in medical field or wot?
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I think it's great that you really...really, really, really appreciate what a medic did for you.  A thank you letter goes a long way, we rarely get them so when someone writes one it's noticed.  If you want to go the extra mile write to your local paper (opinion page, letter to the editor, things like that) and mention how you liked the service, don't go in too much detail just say thanks and they're doing' a great job.  We rarely get mentioned in papers, if we do it's usually bad news.\n     Anything further than that gets a little creepy, especially if you don't know the person.  Don't think for a second that a small thank you isn't a big deal.
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well, when I was thinking about being a nurse I decided to go to my local hospital and volunteer. This way you are exposed to different situations, see what goes on day to day in a hospital, you can ask questions of the staff. Most of all if you do check in at the ER you can see if you get panic over extreme blood or wounds. The added plus is you are also helping your community this way\n\nI decided not to become a nurse because I found out I passed out at the sight of blood :)
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you will need to go to med school for like 10 yrs first..and you have to get really good grades..come on, you'd be dealing with peoples lives!! It's very intense studing..you think you're up for it??
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Yes.  I think a team-mate who was going to school for medicine rendered first aid.  That was a nasty pool of blood.
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Describing it is difficult and depends on your perspective in life.  Basically, it's a very intense period of didactic study (classwork) accompanied by increasing amounts of time encoutering patients to learn clinical medicine.  These are interspersed with various efforts to learn medical ethics, clinical or lab research, information about medical finances, legal liability, etc.  The workload is incredibly high, but the education is incredibly rewarding.\n\nIf your name is "Dr Stacy," shouldn't you know the answer to this question?
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I work as  Medical Assistant. Your job is between a secretary and nurse. In a doctors office you may do filing or you maybe pulling someones blood.  Mostly there to Assist the Doctor in his day to day duties
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Of course you can go to college for premed and learn a lot. But if you want to get going right away volunteer for ambulance duty or become an EMT. Then you'll know if you like it and you'll know what to study.
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Hi,\nI am a health care provider, so for me it is easier to answer this kind of question. Yes, I would do that, not just because help the others in the health care field is my job, so I am used to do so and I know how to do, but also because I want to have this new experience.\nI love the feeling that you prove when you have solved a difficult problem for somebody(but not for a specialist), you have given him the indications and he is looking at you as if you were a small hero.\nI feel a real human then, I feel that I can do the difference in my small, restricted world.\nYou see, the difference between what we are doing and what we can do, is sufficient to save the world(Gadhi).\n\nKaterina
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it isnot about med school it is about how can u tolerate,fight for the thing u like.u donot have to judge upon something from some peoplein this field.everyone has pain threshold differ from other, donot tell me that ur friend collapse just from studying i think ther was alot of pressures at that time that she couldnot handle it. and that is life. frankly speaking med isnot easy at all it needs a person who really like it and patience but it learns u to be stronger, decision maker , totally dependant, open minded person, ofcourse after consuming a lot of ur time andbrain. u cannot ask person to give u a grade it is as if u r asking for grading ur life once u join med u will see a totally different face of life some who like it other no at all sit down with urself see why do u wanna to join med list them in a paper and evaluate ur answer u are the only person who can decide
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I am a dispatcher. \nThe hours are bad, but eventually you adjust. \nIn corrections you would be in more physical danger than in 911. \nYou would have to deal with the prisoners and all that.\nAs a dispatcher, you would have to deal with tremendous stress - it all depends if you can handle it.  \nWe have to hear the BS from the callers, the officers, the LT's and everyone in between.  \n\nWe have to calm the caller to get them to react while we get the ambulance to the scene because seconds count, especially in a medical emergency. \nIt is very stressful, yet very rewarding when everything goes the right way. \n\ni love my job -- it's the best job i have ever had, even with the stress, the shitty hours, the attitude and the occasional lack of respect. (The "all you do is sit on your ass" mentality.)