Thejakeman

Hi, My name is Jake, I am 16 years old and very interested in the health care field. I am in a diversified health career class in high school where we learn about different careers in the health care field. Part of this class is clinical experience where we get to choose many different areas of choice at our local hospital in Phoenix, AZ. These areas include RT, Pharmacy, PT, Outpatient, L&D, Nursery, GP Doctors Offices, Pediatrics, etc. During these three week rotations, we shadow and "assist" in anything that we can that is "non invasive." This can include taking vitals, rooming pt's, transporting pt's and observing procedures that may be happening during the 1 1/2 hours that we are there. I had the excellent opportunity to do a rotation in the ED. I absolutely LOVED it. I saw so many things that were new and interesting to me. I am thinking of a future career in the medical field, maybe becoming a doctor working in the ED someday. I was thinking about volunteering in my ED. I was wondering if you have any volunteers working in your ED’s, and what is it that they do/can do. I was hoping since I know many people in the ED, since that was my last rotation, if they would let me take vital signs/help the RN do triage like BP/Pulse, etc, and help around with the pt's. What do you guys think that I should do? Thanks for all the help, Jake