Oh dont get me wrong, I love medicine, but "hospital" medicine and "street" medicine is 2 totaly diffrent things. In the street it is do what needs to be done, and do it now. In the hospital it is ok patients needs this, lets first put it in the computer, then wait on the Dr to get it, or to call back, then get the orerds, then get the meds, and then finaly treat the patient.. Maybe I am use to thinking and making choices on the fly.. Oh and something really funnt, I could not start a IV in the hospital no matter how many times I tried the first week.. I just could not get it.. But in 15 years of ridding in ground and air ambulances going 70+MPH down the road I only missed 4 and that was beacuse the patient flinched.. I found it kind of funny..
As for the money thing.. Yeah I am walking away from a good deal of money, and having a 150K in education paid for with no strings attached. But I just cant see my self being happy in the hospital setting.
Would I be happy back on a ambulance? Yes and no.. If I would have stayed on the gorund I would be a shift supervisor, or even in the big office by now. But that was not where i wangted ot be. It would be hard to take orders from people i helped trained if you know what I mean.
I have allways enjoyed the Fire Dept. I got my start working for a FD that was EMS also.. When I left there I became a vol ff for a number of years. I dont want to say I enjoy going to house fires, fact of it is, if someones house is on fire, it is the worst day of someone life. To me there is more of a bortherhood with firefighters. In EMS it is very cut throat, and it starts at the top..
Now with the polishing stuff, I find it soooooooooooooo relaxing, throw on my coveralls, put my ipod on a rock shuffle, put my face mask on and go to town..
I have doen a lot of soul searching and feel this will be best for me. Oh and I put 10 years in the FD and I can retire.. Seems my state retirement follows me lol.
