PatricParamedic

You could do yourself an educational favor re: the so-called "Wage Gap" by taking a peek at the details. As you may recall, that's where the Devil is. At least 25 factors explaining the truth, have been identified. The wage discrepancy between men an...

take a look at the book, 'america's dumbest doctors." there's a whole, hilarious chapter on physicians' names, including a treatise on what's known as 'nominative determinism.'

back in the ice ages, when the discipline of "paramedics" was squeaky new, the only way to become a medic in southern california was to get yourself sponsored into medical school. mine was ucsd la jolla. we interns showed up for lab one day to be sla...

as a former chief paramedic in various parts of the world, i have, as a hobby, listened in on ems radio reports between field medics & the er, pretty much nationwide. and what i've heard more times than i can count, are patient assessments to nur...

wannabe nurse - lord knows there's plenty of "funny" to be found in this thread. but if you really are planning a career in the medical profession, you may want to go back and re-read what these veterans are saying. in my puny opinion, allnurses sh...

it was once part of my job to bring new ambulances from dallas to san diego. once i found myself west of forth worth, in the middle of nowhere. i was looking for a smaller highway exit & thought for sure i'd missed it. nothing but tumble weeds. t...

soon2be nurse - your fiance? does that mean what i think it means? still time to trade up, bright one. if he can't respect your best advice now, and runs to mom . . .

just for the record, the "idiot gene" does not live in the shallow end of the pool at all. it swims up and down the iq river, spawning its goofiness like salmon. in fact, one could make a terrific argument that the dumbest behavior is done by the "b...

I absolutely despised dog lab at UCSD La Jolla school of medicine. It damned near sent me right out the door. And in fact, we did lose one intern because of it. But those of such sensitivities probably should stay well clear of most areas of patient ...

You could always remind them there's an amazing book out there called, "America's Dumbest Doctors" selling like crazy. There's no book on the shelves called Dumb Nurses, with good reason. Not enough material.

You are Soooo right about nurses and what you go through - and have for centuries. While working on my book project, I asked nurses nationwide to give me their stories. 300 of them did. I was astonished at the hilarity - and the depth of emotion of t...

For those who are unaware, there are sites such as Medical Maniacs that list Darwin Doctor Awards, too. It's amazing how many have accidentally blown themselves up. Brings new meaning to the term "Big Bang Theory."

Back in the mid-1980's in the early days of AIDS, the city of San Francisco was finding it impossible to staff paramedic units for several years. I worked 600 miles away in Palm Springs, and I saw a flyer on the hospital bulletin board inviting CC-RN...

i vividly recall that in my paramedic class at ucsd in la jolla one of the truly brilliant fellows in our class dropped out due to stress in the last week. his preceptors absolutely despised him, so they literally & honestly drove him right over ...

Okey-dokey. If it ever gets on audio I'll shout it from the rooftops. Now, if I could just get Mel Gibson or Brad Pitt to read it aloud . . . .

The Medical Maniacs website gives all the details.

I suspect there are several different kinds of "drop out" scenarios. Those who drop out early on, quite often can't assimilate the reading & comprehension. Those who drop out late are often seriously stressed by the program or life or both. In t...

There have been numerous times in my life when I've opted to drive 100+ miles to work. In all cases the positions were far too fabulous to pass up, and were relatively temporary. I work as a set medic on music and movie locations, so you drive to the...

I appreciate that this author at least chose to reveal the incident to this Web-Group. Hopefully, after seeing the collective response, he or she has already done the right thing and reported to those who ought to have learned about it in the first ...

The list of medical professionals around this world who have assessed the H1N1 vs vaccine risks, and made the informed decision to avoid the drug, is huge and growing. The nursing poll at the top of this page makes a fairly profound statement in its...

LamazeTeacher; Tewdles; SquirrelRN: I'm not naive enough to paint all innoculations with the same broad brush. But let me ask you this - If there were a cafe in your town with its windows covered with Health & Safety Code violation notices, woul...

lamaze teacher - the field tests are no where near as long as new vaccines should be. best of luck.

karo snow queen - in our neck of woods (central california coast) i know of no e.r. or ems air ambulance staff taking this vaccine. period. we just said no to a mandate, and will continue that stance. for multiple reasons. plenty of medical profess...

girl scout - just to be clear . . . you've already had the h1n1 flu? wow. and you survived. without having had a vaccine previous to that deadly illness. an immune system actually doing what it's supposed to, in the complete absence of artificial tam...

duluth mike: hey, you & i are on the same page, in the matter of "sufficient, independant" study of any new drug. not a problem. my problem is, by the time enough data has been collected on these new innoculations, this so-called crisis will be...