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What are they looking for in a clinical paper?

You’re going to get opinions from both sides. I did 4 contracts and would still be doing them but I got a job on land that I couldn’t pass up. My advice is if you are in a position to be able to go, apply and try it. At the end of the day if you get the job you’re going to be a paramedic on a...

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Pay and perks Pay is between 3200 and 3700 a month with usually only about 500 taken out for taxes. As this job is still fairly new (we just started early last year), there are still some kinks being worked out. Even on the worst of days, I am still a paramedic getting paid decent money to...

Don't sweat not having an actual name to address on your cover letters. There are several individuals that will see it and none of them are offended in the least if their name isn't mentioned on there. The biggest thing is to make sure you send it. You'll have more than enough opportunities...

November and December are horrible for the office because of all the personnel changes that take place before Christmas. Between people ending contracts and others beginning new ones, trying to keep up with just the 20,000 people currently working is a huge task but even bigger when you factor...

Have you heard any news on your deployment?

Staffing on our bigger ships is usually 2 doctors, 3 nurses, and 2 paramedics. That sometimes fluctuates due to the ship's itinerary and season but those are pretty much what they try to keep on board. The inpatient beds are in addition to the other 6 beds for minor medical concerns that...

We had that specific patient. He wasn't a STEMI but critical nonetheless. Our medical centers are full fledged ER's with 4 dedicated cardiac beds with all monitoring including the capabilities of caring for vented patients. In the event of a critical patient, we continue to keep them as long as...

We did not have to get training for either certification prior to boarding. All necessary training for shipboard emergencies are handled in-house through training on the ship. Carnival Corporation (owner of Princess and about 10 other cruise lines) is very strict and structured when it comes...

I just finished my first ship and will head to my next one sometime in the first of the year. The job was a huge break from what you would expect on land. A lot of downtime with a few instances of complete confusion. The beauty of being on a ship is that even though you're there to work, you're...

I'll answer as best as I can for now but will see if I can get some guidance from the office. I do know that on top of the normal dad to day operations, the medical department has been overrun implementing some massive changes across the fleet. Add that to the increase in the number applicants...

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One last thing to keep in mind. Princess Cruise Lines prides itself on the fact that you don't really see any Princess commercials on TV. That is because they have an extremely loyal traveling fan base. The point is this, the cruisers on our ships are not spring chickens, they are older with...

Jaysonsd added some good info but let me clarify a couple of points. The actual role of the paramedic outside of the clinical setting is specific to first response. There are sometimes when you will be doing preliminary nursing notations but in-patients are specific to only nurses. Our staff...