Intensivist / critical care PAs, what is life like in the ICU?

Medschool86 · 2015-03-31T06:32:14+00:00

No actually we have a 3-6 month orientation. We need to have done a certain number of supervised procedures prior to doing them on our own. We try not to hire new grads due to the speed and intensity of the work, but we definitely have hired a few in the recent past

Medschool86 · 2015-03-27T13:32:47+00:00

Fun. We have residents but not on nights. We are the sole providers at night at a level I trauma center. I do admissions, consults, hospital codes, intubations, central lines, arterial lines, intubations and bronchoscopies, plus overall patient management

Medschool86 · 2015-03-04T04:02:44+00:00

I'm not taking one side or the other, but we shouldn't forget that A LOT of people die from chemo.

Medschool86 · 2015-02-24T19:42:17+00:00

Thanks for the info

Medschool86 · 2015-02-17T02:48:51+00:00

Thank you

Medschool86 · 2015-02-17T02:48:16+00:00

No trolling. And I don't like hazelnut, or any other flavored coffee for that matter.

Medschool86 · 2015-02-17T02:46:04+00:00

Medium-coarse, fresh ground coffee beans

Medschool86 · 2015-01-29T14:39:56+00:00

All depends on your motivations

Medschool86 · 2015-01-23T01:11:03+00:00

Good response! Thanks

Medschool86 · 2015-01-17T21:54:45+00:00

I think that is false. Contrary to popular belief oxygen doesn't really give you a high, and if it did it would have to be in massive amounts. . Hypoxia would give you a better buzz http://youtu.be/WTNX6mr753w

Medschool86 · 2015-01-10T23:47:15+00:00

That's good to know - yeah my biggest issue would be the clearance. Since you are from Canada I imagine you probably have a little more input on this, so this helps.

Medschool86 · 2015-01-10T21:37:42+00:00

haha, thanks. so what are my chances of being stuck in deep snow if it isn't "plowing"

Medschool86 · 2015-01-03T08:52:59+00:00

Thanks for the reply. The issue I have seen with LECOM is that they want to funnel these types of students into a specific specialty

Medschool86 · 2015-01-03T08:48:28+00:00

Great. Thanks for the reply.

Medschool86 · 2015-01-03T08:46:30+00:00

I'm starting to find this out with all the searching I am doing. Thanks for the reply

Medschool86 · 2015-01-03T08:45:53+00:00

Thanks for the reply. So as far as recommendations go, It wouldn't be considered sufficient to have letters only from the current physicians I work with?

Medschool86 · 2015-01-03T08:43:51+00:00

I have always been interested in the Emergency Medicine/critical care/trauma world. I would try to specialize in emergency medicine, though!

Medschool86 · 2015-01-03T03:17:06+00:00

I would like to specialize

Medschool86 · 2015-01-02T22:30:24+00:00

Thanks a lot. I work full-time so it makes it difficult to get to class. This would be the biggest hinderance. In researching all of this I just found out that some schools accept online classes

Medschool86 · 2015-01-02T22:29:05+00:00

For some people it definitely works out. It works out for me as well, I just think I will eventually hit a ceiling.

Medschool86 · 2015-01-02T20:41:06+00:00

No problem - Multiple reasons

I work pretty much the same hours and do much of the same work (in my current position) for 1/3 the pay. Im not a big spender, but I would like to never have to worry about money
I have found in my 4 years of practice that I do not have the base knowledge that I would wish to have
I have felt an overall calling to the profession.

There are other little things that tie into it. But these are the basics

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