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JCC Medical Professionals of the JCC

Discussion in 'Community' started by rumsmuggler, Jul 22, 2016.

  1. rumsmuggler

    rumsmuggler Chosen One star 7

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    vin gets credit for the idea of starting this thread since there isn't one. I am currently working on getting my RN and I should be finished in May(BSN and Master's will happen in due time). Who else here is training, working, or retired from the medical field? Medics and Corpsman count too.
     
  2. vin

    vin Chosen One star 6

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    While I currently don't work in the field, I did some amazing volunteer work with a nursing home during 8th grade.
     
  3. LAJ_FETT

    LAJ_FETT Tech Admin (2007-2023) - She Held Us Together star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    While I was in high school I had a job at a local vets as kennel help (to begin with) and then an assistant. I got to assist in minor operations, x-rays, etc. The worst was having to assist in euthanasias though. :( On the whole I found the work very interesting. Nowadays you probably need a degree to do this but this was back in the 70s.
     
  4. mrsvos

    mrsvos Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    I've been learning which common yard weeds will lower blood sugar and treat Lyme disease.
     
  5. vin

    vin Chosen One star 6

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    Sounds like you need to update your username to drvos.
     
  6. rumsmuggler

    rumsmuggler Chosen One star 7

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    That's pretty interesting. Other than the euthanasia, that sounded like a fun job. They would never let a high schooler assist to that degree today in a vet clinic as far as I know.

    Nice. That's a handy skill to have.
     
  7. vin

    vin Chosen One star 6

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    I've been watching medical procedure videos on YouTube. I guess that kind of makes me like a doctor now too.

    Dr. Vin
     
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  8. rumsmuggler

    rumsmuggler Chosen One star 7

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    If it was only that easy...
     
  9. vin

    vin Chosen One star 6

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    I've fixed so many things around the house just by watching instructional videos on YouTube. Medicine can't be too different.
     
  10. a star war

    a star war Force Ghost star 5

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    It's not. They say it is to keep more people from attempting it, thus driving up the price of healthcare. It's just another way the establishment keeps the masses in line.
     
  11. Diggy

    Diggy Chosen One star 8

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    Don't push too hard.
     
  12. mavjade

    mavjade Former Manager star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Even though I seem to say this all the time, I'll say it one more time for good measure. :p

    I'm a Registered Respiratory Therapist. I primarily work with adults, currently I work in a CardioThorasic ICU (heart surgeries.transplants, lung transplants, etc.). My previous job I worked for 4 years in adult and pediatric burns, which is what I love. I'm working on a BS in Public Health at the moment, hope to get my MPH eventually.

    I'm also on the federal Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT). My team is on call 3 or 4 months out of the year and if there is a disaster anywhere in the world that requests medical assistance we get deployed to that area.
     
  13. rumsmuggler

    rumsmuggler Chosen One star 7

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    To a certain degree it isn't different, but sometimes you want a legit person fixing stuff.
     
  14. Darth Punk

    Darth Punk JCC Manager star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    True dat - but if anyone needs a pipe fitted, vin's your plumber.

    I once went to a chiropractor, and after a few sessions, started giving people neck, and back adjustments, based on what the chiropractor had done to me. I've not paralysed anyone so far. I'm not charging people for my services, I just like it when it clicks.

    I was also briefly an amateur acupuncturist. I'd had it done professionally once, then bought some needles off ebay, and used them on friends and family.

    Healing people just comes naturally to me, as does sadism.
     
  15. KissMeImARebel

    KissMeImARebel Force Ghost star 5

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    I test lab specimens from humans. Thank you sick people for my paycheck.
     
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  16. rumsmuggler

    rumsmuggler Chosen One star 7

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    Good stuff...nothing wrong with a thin line between healing and sadism. :cool:




    Keep up the good work.
     
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