Is Physical Therapy a good field to go into

[binö]

Lol. Change? Need it more than anything... in more ways than one. I have kinda being looking into some options.
This summer, I will probably be trying to get in my instructor classes so I can have the option of teaching... but I think that could get old, fast. I'm also scheduled to start teaching ACLS.
As u probably already know, that would only be good for a side gig. The hours aren't even close to consistant as far as getting work, plus, it just sounds like a dull way to live.
We had a guy go out to Cali for a structure dept about a year ago. Last time I heard from him, he was lovin it. He's a young guy, 2. Maybe 25 or so.... but has been in EMS since he was old enough to volunteer. That kid was kinda neat-o, actually.
He dispatched for a police department FOR FREE, worked as an EMT as soon as he was old enough to get the license, was a volunteer firefighter for a small dept, left town for the summers for forest fire training and went with our crew to Katrina.... he did most of this all at the same time. Hell, if he heard about a class for repairing any of our equiptment.. he took it. Good kid.

i'm volunteering at a local dept here...hoping to have them pay for my emt basic.
not sure how i'll hold up, i can deal with dead bodies and gore, not sure about peeps still alive screaming and what not.
might bug me out

 

[javaguru]

i'm volunteering at a local dept here...hoping to have them pay for my emt basic.
not sure how i'll hold up, i can deal with dead bodies and gore, not sure about peeps still alive screaming and what not.
might bug me out

Focus on the job...dead bodies are easy to deal with...

 

[binö]

Focus on the job...dead bodies are easy to deal with...

yeah but when peeps are alive and mangled up,
that fuks with me.
it's morbid but thrilling

 

[myway]

i'm volunteering at a local dept here...hoping to have them pay for my emt basic.
not sure how i'll hold up, i can deal with dead bodies and gore, not sure about peeps still alive screaming and what not.
might bug me out

Yea, honestly, dead bodies are WAY easier than the ones starting the knife fights AFTER you get there. Bastards. lol.
The worst calls I ever went on ----> NOBODY died. But it wasn't the calls, it was the way my young, inexperienced mind was seeing it all. Focus on keeping it simple. Thats the key. The first year or two will seem nuts but after that, you might fall asleep on the way to a drunken, toothless mob of meth-heads' monthly shootout or a train vs. school bus with the angry mothers on scene. It all gets repetitive after a couple of years.
Just focus on KNOWING what you are signing up for and don't be suprised when you get EVERYTHING (and then some) of what you were looking to get. Its all about the way you see it.
If they weren't drunk, mean, crazy.... or whatever else.. they wouldn't need you in the first place.