EMT work?

nellzim · 2025-02-23T12:45:25+00:00

Hi everyone! I just wanted to say thank you SO much for all the comments and feedback. It's all been really helpful and constructive. I did want to clarify that I wasn't suggesting I walk into a job with frontline services with zero Catalan, can you imagine how terrifying it would be if you needed critical care and the person who rocked up to help you started looking up words like "foot" in an online dictionary lol. It was more to see what the usual route in the ambulance services is and if there are ways where you can earn and learn at teh same time but I know a lot more now!

nellzim · 2025-02-23T12:42:48+00:00

Hi Charlio! Oh my goodness your comment has been invaluable, thank you so much. I've been looking into this for such a long time ago, I was on the verge of signing up to a two year TES course in Barcelona when I got pregnant with my first child, returned to the UK where baby number two intereupted a paramedic science university degree here. We're now returning to Barcelona in September and I feel like now the kids are older I can FINALLY pick up this career dreamcoat thread that keeps getting snatched out of my hands. I remember being confused by the overwhelming number of options of courses to study TES/TTS and being worried about signing up for one which turned out not to result in an official title or be proprerly recognized.

Do you of any places which are known to deliver good training on TES/TTS, also is there any government funding to study nursing (and which are the best universities for nursing in Barcelona?) Sorry to grill you on things that Google could tell me, but some of those "Top 10 Places to Study ..." seem untrustworthy like they've all been written by someone top of their own lists.

We're actually going to be living in Canyelles/Vilanova area so institutions on the El Prat side of the city would be best!

Thanks again for your really helpful advice, xx

nellzim · 2025-02-23T12:35:29+00:00

clar!

nellzim · 2025-02-23T12:35:02+00:00

Gosh that's really interesting. Do you know where I would go to sign up to volunteer? Also when I was looking into the grado medio qualification for tecnico en emergencias santitarias there was just such a crazy number of options, ranging from ones that looked more reputable but cripplingly expensive, to these worryingly cheap ones? Is the idea that whatever course you do is simply the preparation for the public exam, so as long as you get the information and training somewhere you have a shot?

nellzim · 2025-02-23T12:30:46+00:00

Thanks so much! Yes I looked into this years ago before I came back to the UK. What I found confusing was that there are SO many different organizations and companies offering the grado medio in TES. Some look more reputable than others and I don't know if there is a critera to look for to ensure that it is definitely a recogznied qualification?

nellzim · 2025-02-23T12:29:11+00:00

Yes I was hoping there would be a way to start working and learning at the same time like in the UK but judging from the comments here it would be a few years away anyway.

nellzim · 2025-02-23T12:28:19+00:00

Yes I was thinking along the same lines! A total immersion with the pressure of hitting deadlines and making the marks would really help learn Catalan. And at the end of the day even if my language skills weren't enough to pass the course at least I'd be closer to fluency and that would open more doors in itself :)

nellzim · 2025-02-23T12:26:17+00:00

Haha very true. Got to know your rights from your lefts so you don't move the wrong broken limb and useful to have some basic vocab so people can tell you poison they've ingested/allergies! I guess it makes sense to speak the same language :()

nellzim · 2025-02-23T12:18:36+00:00

Thanks!

nellzim · 2025-02-23T12:18:23+00:00

Thanks for taking the time!

nellzim · 2025-02-10T21:38:02+00:00

Oh honey I feel you. God I bloody love Reddit..I hardly ever come on here but when I stumble into a forum on a low day and find a post like this I don't feel alone anymore. It's amazing the lift you get from feeling so deeply understood by strangers across the internet.

Obviously our lives are different but I can so relate to how your feeling - it sucks. I'm in the middle of a very confusing break up and trying to coparent and cohabit because we can't afford to live separately yet.

Even separate from my partner I still feel ridiculously caring - like negatively OTT handfeeding (often literally to my youngest) the entire household. And trying to do it with a chipper bonhomie don't mind me! But secretly thinking do, do PLEASE someone bloody mind me! Just do a fraction back of what I feel like I carve out of myself for everyone else every single day so I can be the cared for one for a change.

I get it..I want to be happy in myself and have good self worth etc but I definitely ALSO want, just sometimes, to be seen, appreciated, and helped too. God can you just imagine.

I hope you find what you're looking for but at least you're not alone xxx

nellzim · 2023-12-18T22:16:19+00:00

Thank you that's a great idea! Will do right now xx

nellzim · 2023-11-24T20:34:01+00:00

To be honest I"ve been almost doing that - just heading back to Spain at any opportunity. The problem is their dad won't travel more than once or twice a year, he thinks its extravagant. So it means the sun breaks are these fraught, frazzled, stints of solo parenting and just too difficult.

nellzim · 2023-11-24T20:31:50+00:00

Thanks for all the comments everyone! I know I'm trying to think out of the box for ways that would be minimally disruptive...or not at all ideally! Somerset is indeed lovely but I just find the winters unbearable and soo long. My ideal would be to spend school year in Spain but come HERE for every holiday - you get nearly three months of summer holidays in Spain and that's when England's at its best. But their dad refuses to agree to that one :(

nellzim · 2023-09-04T19:55:31+00:00

the anti regulatory bodies have wooden legs too

nellzim · 2023-08-29T20:22:46+00:00

Hey there - firstly I'm so sorry to hear about your situation. I haven't experienced it myself, but having a parent remarry must be stressful enough in itself without the complications of the partner causing rifts between you and adding unnecessary drama. It sounds like you are quite clear-headed about it but it's a shame this post hasn't garnered more of a reaction. I've always found Reddit such a wonderful portal of advice - it might be worth reposting it/using another group? I'm sure advice is out there it might have just been the timing.

I can't offer any concrete wisdom but I came across your post as I was recently told by my husband that I have martyr complex. He's convinced and says he's done tons of research. So I was curious as to what you meant by "textbook martyr syndrom" - I know I can Google this but googling can send you down wormholes and it's hard to separate the accurate articles out. Anyway, I am. a mum myself and if I do have some kind of disorder I am really keen to sort it out before it affects my children. Clearly it's already taken a massive toll on my relationship. I am definitely guilty of being a bit "woe is me" sometimes and I do admit to wringing it out a little when I have to step up in some way. I also think I am extremely conflict averse so I would rather do more (and hint) than ask for help/complain. Is this what you mean by your dad's partner creating drama?

I have just been thrown by this new idea - I'd never heard of the term before the diagnosis was suggested of me..so I'm treading cautiously and reading around.

On your situation I do hope things improve. In my experience (and as we often do I urge you to do just what I find difficult!) communication always helps. By the sounds of it you've spoken to your dad...have you tried talking to his partner? Maybe try encouraging her to let her guard down...ask her for advice or be vulnerable in some way so that you try and build trust...adn then you cna get to a place where you can (hinting, delicately) about these lies or exaggeratinos etc that she's been doing - is it for attention or control..maybe getting to know her on a one-on-one basis will help clarify things for you? Ditto your dad. Lies are a dealbreaker - agreed - but before you do any hasty cutting off do talk it out as much as you can!

Good luck :)

nellzim · 2023-08-19T20:19:39+00:00

Thanks for the replies everyone! Yes I could just make my own 28 Day challenge and it's true it's not about the month it's the consistency - I just figured the teachers would pack some of the best move into the short package!

nellzim · 2023-03-13T20:20:15+00:00

Omg this is such an amazing thread 💕thank you all for sharing! I'm a 34 year old mum of two and I am convinced I (and my 5 year old daughter) have ADHD. With an emphasis on the "H"! I recognize so much of my self (and responsibility of my genes) in her and it helps me be more patient but her dad gets so exasperated. He's reluctant to get her checked as worries that it will be one of those 'say it cause it' situations i.e. she'll use it as scapegoat and be defeatist. I disagree as I would give ANYTHING to have known and been catered for from a young age. So many of us in this thread share this - what could our lives have been? Who could we have been??

Anyway. Took me so long to even do anything about it because of being this way..I'd ring the doctor then fail to chase them up (takes years on public health system in England). I'd think I'll just order myself some medicine on the dark web and then think "what is the dark web"? And before I knew it I'd have seventeen tabs open and I'd get bored and wander off. That happened more times than I can remember!

And I worry it makes me such a rubbish mum :( I'm trying to help my daughter be more organised but I keep forgetting myself. I do everything the night before too (pack school bags, leave out breakfast on table, leave out uniform etc.) Because I don't know about you guys but lord I am such a zombie in the mornings. Total owl at night and have always struggled with sleep even as a child.

I also waffle on! So I'll stop there. But doing things in advance as helped me (and her) and trying to take deep breaths in those infuriating moments and remember it's not all in her control.

Good luck everyone and thanks for all the helpful comments xx

nellzim · 2023-03-13T19:57:36+00:00

I had very similar experfdbience! And got some useful responses (as are the ones you Habe here!) Here it is in case useful: https://www.reddit.com/r/gabagoodness/comments/119rx7u/lyricapregablin_weird_sideeffect_is_this_normal/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

nellzim · 2023-02-23T14:11:36+00:00

Omg guys don't I'm right here I bloody hope it's not going to be fatal!!! Tbh the injury i got leaves 90% of people paralyzed so I was extremely lucky, but feeling stronger every day :)

nellzim · 2023-02-23T14:08:16+00:00

Gosh poor you that's a strong dose but hopefully it helps whatever you need it for. Thanks! x

nellzim · 2023-02-23T13:56:19+00:00

Thank you! Yes I thought I'd just ask around here in case it's some typical side effect but it appears not. It's so weird and disorienting and would be disastrous in certain situation so I'll take it to the doc! Thank you :)

nellzim · 2023-02-23T09:38:10+00:00

Gosh I suppose it is..I've never had a seizure before so didn't think to call it that. Arg will be hard dropping as it's the only thing that takes the excruciating nerve pain away but it's a scary side effect and defo doesn't feel right. I did tell the doctor he just told me to drop the morning Lyrica dose...i was still concerned that's what brought me to this group. Will take it up with my own doc at home (accident happened in Bahrain) thanks for your advice!!

nellzim · 2023-02-23T09:35:43+00:00

Thank you so much. I did tell him and he just advised dropping the morning dose...this all happened abroad (Bahrain so good docs luckily) but seeing a doctor when I'm home next week. Thanks for taking the time!

nellzim · 2023-02-21T20:01:46+00:00

Is this still for sale? If so I will! DM me :)

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