dove 0 #26 November 1, 2002 Chaz - I totally agrree with you. Actually my brother just started doing the same thing for J&J and he loves it. Helping doctors to help others is wonderful. but I would still crave the interaction with patients. And despite the fact that I am a kickass salesperson I don't have any recent experience in the field so my resume would be tossed out. Very cutthroat. (OK - poor terminology for a medical careers thread, but oh well.) Fall in dove. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaz 0 #27 November 1, 2002 Right on... Have you considered doing ultrasound type work? I don't think the training is that long and you would have direct interaction with patients. You could go into OB if you wanted, or there are a lot of other specialization options. Chaz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dove 0 #28 November 1, 2002 Hey - that's a neat idea! I'm gonna check that out! Thanks chaz! Fall in dove. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newshooter12 0 #29 November 2, 2002 Sorry for the confusion... I meant 70K/year, so it works out to close to $35/hr. matt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymedic 0 #30 November 2, 2002 well my particular medical field (paramedic) has led me to work with 5 different fire departments, I have worked in 3 different countries full time(USA, South Africa, and New Zealand), I have worked on both fixed wing and rotorary wing air ambulances, I've flow pt's to and out of over 90 different countries, I worked for the department of justice as a tactical entry paramedic, I have done more since I was 18 than most people have done there entire life(I'm 28 now).......and guess what...last night after picking the brains of a 21 yr old kid off the ground....realized I still really love my job...... Marc otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airann 1 #31 November 3, 2002 Dove, I am in the medical field. I started out taking urine to ph and etc. test it, take blood pressure, and vital signs. Then they snagged me up to the front office and I started doing Insurance claims. Then I was a Lazer tech in a plastic surgeons office. Cincinnati, in fact the very office where the first ruby lazer was made. It sat right to my right as an antique sorta. Then co2 Lazer. What did I do- I vacumed up the smoke. Better than the other way, smokin flesh, Ozium. But we did both. Then later I wound up where I am now as Business Manager, Office Manager, Administrator, whatever they want to call me. Salary is around 40 to 50k depending on the office, specialty, and part of the country. Surgeons kinda are primadonnas alot of times. Kickin in doors at the OR & throwin stuff. But check this out.... If you had just been makin rounds and savin lives and elbows up to there in bodies, Blue Coding people. Then you come back to the office & some clerk is upset about she cant find any tape for her tape despinsor? You would not be too happy either. So I aave doctors from that crap and I also make them a ton of money, almost all the time. Right now the best thing is Nursing. You could go for a PA, they make some $, and you assist Drs all day long. Also, people come and go there like in Cardiology, Neuro, Pulmonology, Onocology.... What I wont do is Pediatric and Gereatic. The very young, and the very old. Its not bad to work behind the sceens. But looking at someone who was just told they have lung cancer and now you ask them for a $10 CoPay? That was very hard for me, so in the back I am. ~AirAnn~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
