Recent content by jaysonsd

Haha, that discussion is a long one. But PCL created a position that had some benefits over the nurse (24 hour shift rotations for one) with those same benefits contingent on your senior nurse determining them. It could be awesome or it could suck or something in between. You get to learn all...

Unless they expanded, it's the Regal class ships and Grand class ships except for the Crown. So that's everything here. You can cross reference to see which ships are where, but you're seeing a lot of US shores actually. Let us know if you get picked up, haven't heard of US medics getting...

I'll pm you.

I keep hearing this, google is not my friend with any info. How did you find out? PM me if you wanna update of info, have some contacts UK wise that have done several contracts.

It's 'possible'. I handed over to a South African medic, his wife had just joined a month before for training and taking over for the other medic. But, generally, they stagger contracts so the whole medical team doesn't turn over in one or two weeks. That being said, anything can happen...

No, I put it up there when I first got hired. US para starts 3200 with base experience, topped out at 3,667 at the end. UK and Canada got paid more (probably related to the relative income based on national for each, buncha ******** considering my pay would fluctuate based on number of days in...

I am curious the process that lead you to ISOS. Hard to get noticed and about seven years behind you in regards to experience.

You had me at crazy/extreme!

I'll see if I can contact. Would like a breakdown of what patient type to expect. I expect a lot of things, but prejudice gets in the way. Thanks for the headsup!

Well, I'm going, excited at the chance to experience something like this. Anyone else heading up for some craziness?

I can relate to a certain amount of frustration in the search. But nothing worthwhile is ever easy. Good luck and keep updating, I know I will. (Wow, 50 posts, getting old... :P)

Saw the bullet points on a the NTSB report on this accident, here. Makes mention of 'confusion and inexperience among emergency responders led to poor triage and a delay in delivery of patients to a trauma center'. I'm not looking to slam or question decisions made, merely curious what NJ's...

Fair enough, thanks for putting it in perspective. I can shift some of my energies elsewhere. Regardless, a federal resume is time consuming to produce compared to a standard one based on the sites I've read providing advice.

Out of more than just curiosity, can you back up that statement? The process for application is quite tedious given the amount of effort involved from my initial searches. The posting has been sitting on USAjobs for a while, but context might help in providing some color to what you say.

And thanks to SandpitMedic for keeping things in perspective, I just caught up with everything on this thread. Having worked with a variety of employers, I, inevitably, interact with peers from other employers creating amusing bedfellows for people constantly seeing the greener grass on the...