Guest guest Posted June 1, 2002 Report Share Posted June 1, 2002 Hello, Just left the NHS myself to become an offshore medic and it was pretty daunting but I was surprised how easy it was to get work .Start phoning companies up now and selling yourself (if you need a list, let me know)and network like mad on your course . Seems to be a fair bit of work about at the moment as it's the high season so I wouldn't imagine you'd have much trouble . Drop me a line if you've any worries, although bear in mind that I'm just out of the box too! Sure you'll do fine, Regards, Tom Watkinson >From: " ine Ganley " <pauline.ganley@...> >Reply- >< > >Subject: Hmmm >Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 02:09:12 +0100 > >I am almost at the time when I will embarke on my Offshore Medics course. >Although I have been given plenty info on the course I am still unsure >about the prospect of getting that first post. Can anyone put my mind to >rest? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 1, 2002 Report Share Posted June 1, 2002 Hi ine Frontier Medical Services are always on the look out for new medics (either ex military or nurse), contact Adrienne on 01594545100 or email on adrienne.allen@... Good luck regards Rattigan >From: " ine Ganley " <pauline.ganley@...> >Reply- >< > >Subject: Hmmm >Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 02:09:12 +0100 > >I am almost at the time when I will embarke on my Offshore Medics course. >Although I have been given plenty info on the course I am still unsure >about the prospect of getting that first post. Can anyone put my mind to >rest? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 2, 2002 Report Share Posted June 2, 2002 Hi Tom, I have just recently passed my Offshore Medics course and I'm finding it very difficult to get my foot through the door. I would very much appreciate if you could forward me any leads if possible. Regards Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Hi Ta, Sounds like the 'machine' your talking about is the C-Pap. C____-Positive air pressure. (cant't remember what the C is) Anyway the way it was discribed to me is the thing basically uses air pressure to keep the soft palate from falling while sleeping and causing you to stop breathing. My brother uses one and since he has a beard he uses the one that goes over the head or something, i never got a look at it. :-) Also one of Jeff's nephews finally had a sleep study done a year ago and he uses one to. They work great. BTW if Tara is having sleeping problems, you do know that sleep apnea can effect the heart? (can cause heart damage, this is why I kept telling the nephews wife that he really needed to get in for a study since he's overwieght and they told him when he had his appendectomy that beween the weight and smoking he was a heart attack waiting to happen) So perhaps Tara needs another sleep study to determine if a cpap would help her. good luck Joy perhaps she has apnea... I say she does have apnea... it appears people with apnea gain weight... hmmm... something about the stoppage of breathe affecting whatever causing weight gain... curioser and curioser... and there is this here machine, with a mask, you wear at night, makes you breathe or something, (haven't researched this yet, didn't research apnea at all to tell the truth, cause as long as she woke up, it wasn't life threatening...) hmmmm.... so we retested synthetic levels again, put rush on that, (to see if lab fuked up)... will run other tests too, try and figure out where weight gain is coming from... but we all happy happy joy joy that we found a doc that actually cares and processes information and plays biological detective... ye ha dat gum WPCJ, Ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Ta, It's so good to see you post again!! Boy, I really miss you. Poor Tara - I can't image gaining 120 pounds in one year (though I'm watching as he's gained about 40 since November due to medication) - I know how scary watching the weight creeping up can be. And getting clothes to fit is a nightmare! I always thought that weight gain can cause apnea, not the other way around. So I learned something new today...... Kingsley wants parents to know how critical it is for older children/adults to be checked for apnea. I'll have to hunt up the email she had me forward back then. got the C-Pap machine a few years ago. I can't remember what happened to get him tested. It's the CRS hitting me hard tonight. What is Tara doing this summer? How is Raven and Tasha doing? Guess what? I FINALLY got my rings!! hmmm > Well now... ya learn something new everyday... just came back from the doctor > with Tara... we are regulars there lately, as I have been concerned about her > weight gain... (nuked thyroid aside, nevermind the synthetic drugs)... 120 > lbs is an awful lot of weight for one person to put on in one year... specialist > kept blowing me off... (why medical care is an oxymoron)... anyhow... take > her to new doctor, cause he brilliant... levels are too high for synthetic drugs > but hears my concens regarding weight gain... (how much weight can a patched > heart move about eh????) and he says well, ( after doctor calls me house on a > Sunday... wow... still in shock on that one)... perhaps she has apnea... I say > she does have apnea... it appears people with apnea gain weight... hmmm... > something about the stoppage of breathe affecting whatever causing weight > gain... curioser and curioser... and there is this here machine, with a mask, you > wear at night, makes you breathe or something, (haven't researched this yet, > didn't research apnea at all to tell the truth, cause as long as she woke up, it > wasn't life threatening...) hmmmm.... so we retested synthetic levels again, > put rush on that, (to see if lab fuked up)... will run other tests too, try and > figure out where weight gain is coming from... but we all happy happy joy joy > that we found a doc that actually cares and processes information and plays > biological detective... ye ha dat gum > WPCJ, > Ta > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Ahhhhhh...... I had nearly forgotten how much I enjoyed reading your posts in the past, Ta!! Good luck with the apnea and all the other doctor visits.... it's really good to hear that you have found one that will listen and think!! Kathy mom to (19-DS) and a bunch of others.... *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 7/12/2004 at 5:44 PM Tawashi@... opined: | Well now... ya learn something new everyday... just came back from | the doctor | with Tara... we are regulars there lately, as I have been concerned | about her | weight gain... (nuked thyroid aside, nevermind the synthetic drugs)... | 120 | lbs is an awful lot of weight for one person to put on in one year... | specialist | kept blowing me off... (why medical care is an oxymoron)... anyhow... | take | her to new doctor, cause he brilliant... levels are too high for | synthetic drugs | but hears my concens regarding weight gain... (how much weight can a | patched | heart move about eh????) and he says well, ( after doctor calls me | house on a | Sunday... wow... still in shock on that one)... perhaps she has | apnea... I say | she does have apnea... it appears people with apnea gain weight... | hmmm... | something about the stoppage of breathe affecting whatever causing | weight | gain... curioser and curioser... and there is this here machine, with a | mask, you | wear at night, makes you breathe or something, (haven't researched this | yet, | didn't research apnea at all to tell the truth, cause as long as she | woke up, it | wasn't life threatening...) hmmmm.... so we retested synthetic levels | again, | put rush on that, (to see if lab fuked up)... will run other tests too, | try and | figure out where weight gain is coming from... but we all happy happy | joy joy | that we found a doc that actually cares and processes information and | plays | biological detective... ye ha dat gum | WPCJ, | Ta | | | Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 Dear , I took your comments as black humor, deeply sarcastic, just wanted to say that. When things are going badly, it just seems to be one thing after another. Maybe I'm wrong to take it that way, but when illness hits, it is one approach to venting. Nothing against another poster's interpretation at all, just another take on it. One of the disadvantages of typewritten, not spoken and seen words. When both my parents had major illnesses at the same time and spent a lot of time driving to doctors and getting treatment they developed a shocking black humor including funerals, not buying any more crab lunches if they were just going to get thrown up on the way home, having car wreck to put them out of misery. I know shocking, and not at all my parent's type of humor before, but it is a way to cope. And actually a way to communicate and let out real fears. Doesn't work for everyone, and easily misinterpreted. So , please send your psychologists' report as to how often you swear, your type of humor, mental stability, and tolerance. Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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