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Thank you so much Fiona! Loads of information. I'll go take a look as soon as I get home, thanks again for taking the time to respond :)

Yep, had to undergo a painful surgery 5 days ago, a total wrist fusion and to add onto this, I'm 24. My surgeon had a sit good chat with me and said there is no reason why I should quit working in healthcare. Up until the few recent years, I worked as an EMT. Have a long ways to go yet with recovery and adjusting to this new, well, joint. Are there any nurses out there working with a fused joint? :)

I just found this post! exactly the info I needed. So this means I would have to do my LPN first before being an ortho tech? or can you become an ortho tech on its own? a little lost.

Hello Ladies and Gents, I don't even know where to start :) Alright here I go, I'll make sure to send out some cookies to those who take the time to read this lol. I have been working for the last 2 years behind a desk in the Emerg. Department for our local health region. Tho I currently hold an EMT licence, I am now attempting to make the move towards nursing. I am located in Calgary and looking at our local LPN programs. I had the opportunity to shadow a gentleman a few year ago. He worked as an ortho tech. He gave me the hope and light that this is something I could do. I never was able to take that experience on and move forward with it. I am now determined as ever to do this. So now here it is, other than hunt down our cast clinic guy where I work, where can I get information regarding taking all the right steps in becoming an ortho tech? Would I need to take my LPN and I believe there is an extension program? I think I also saw the region had an opening (don't recall what it was) but it described you needed your surgical prcessing as well as LPN? ideas as to what programs would be worth looking at in the city of Calgary? Love you all to pieces ....going back to searching the forums for more related threads :typing

Congrats on all your hard work! how exciting! :wink2: