What Type of Medical Training Do You Have

Amateur gynecologist.

This made my wife and I laugh! 

For me, I am CPR/AED certified and have had plenty of real hands on experience. Being in the fitness industry for 10+ years and running gyms with 5,000+ members means dealing with way more medical emergencies than I ever expected.

Civilian helicopter flight nurse

12+ years ER adult/pediatric RN

1+ year pediatric congenital heart surgical PA

Certified/Licensed Athletic Trainer/Sports Medicine, CPR Instructor. 30 years.

Had a paramedic license for 30 years. Worked the mean streets of Los Angeles county's finest ghettos. Was an instructor , test proctor, and trained a bunch of interns. My license expired in 2014 when I retired but haven't forgot the basics.

I saw a T-shirt that said " I'm not a gynecologist but I'll have a look."

Critical care and trauma Xray tech for 25 yrs at a level 1 trauma center. Have learned CT and IR but do Xray, fluoroscopy and OR currently as a Xray tech. 

I struggle to put on a Bandaid.

The dumbest thing I have read on this page, and that's really saying something.

If dude is knocked out long enough for you to get to them & they are still unconscious, call the ambulance.

If dude wakes up between your call and the ambulance arrival, he can decline the ambulance ride.

If dude is still knocked out by the time the ambulance arrives, he absolutely needs an ambulance.

I am a dental specialist (Endodontist). If you have ever been referred out for a root canal you know what an Endodontist is. I was trained in sedation dentistry so I know a little more than the basics of airway management and emergences. I can save your tooth but I dont know if I can save your life LOL

15ish years ago I was racing with a buddy that went over the bars and compound fractured BOTH of his femurs.

By the time I got to him he already had a slew of people around that were panicking. When the EMT got there he immediately cut off his pants & then called for a life flight.

Before the helicopter arrived the EMT looked at me & goes "I need you to hold pressure on his leg to try and slow the bleeding"......I did, timidly, & my buddy let out a scream that you wouldn't believe. 

As a reflex, I let pressure off of his leg, but my wrist was immediately grabbed by the EMT who straight up looked into my soul and then said "If you don't put enough pressure on his leg, he will be dead by the time the helicopter gets here. Do not let go"

My buddy made it (albeit he had complications and an 18-month recovery), but that single instance was enough for me to know I could never hack it as an ER/Triage worker. Those folks are a different breed that have a special place in heaven waiting for them.

Almost eight thousand posts and you still haven't found the caps lock, eh?  It diminishes your LEO cred.

Seems on brand for LEO

My best friend had a heart attack while we were on a ride in the Sequoias. Unfortunately even though a couple of my friends knew CPR, he didn’t make it. The Fire Department lowered a fireman down into the trees and they pulled him into the copter, but it was too late. 
He was in great physical shape and there was no logical explanation on why he died. He had just had his physical and was not vaccinated (just to rule that out…) I had to accept that there are circumstances out of our control and sometimes when your number is up, it’s just the way it is. 
But I told myself I’d go get CPR certified after that, but I still haven’t done it. I was fortunate that we were in a big group that day, we rode with just the two of us most of the time. It would’ve been a bad situation for me, if it would’ve happened when we it was just the two of us riding. 

I can reliably self-reduce an anterior dislocation of the humerus one out of every six times. That's about it.

Many moons ago I spent several years in a volunteer emergency response/rescue team for an underground mine I was working at.  We did receive some additional first aid/paramedic training but the biggest advantage was consistently practicing so that the skills became second nature.  On top of that was learning how to put the skills to use in simulated scenarios to get a feel for working under pressure.

Those things still stick with me today.

Cardiologist. Definitely not a trauma doctor by any means but the basics until EMS show up I can manage. 

I’ve done bystander CPR and cannot stress the importance of an AED nearby. Saved someone’s life before bc it was available. 

That prepared you to film it with your camera and post it to social asap.

Wilderness first aid from my high adventure director days.

Army training; I feel bad for the person if I ever have to give them an IV. I also get annual CPR/First Aid/AED training every year for my job as an electrical testing technician. 

10 years as a volunteer firefighter/EMT-Basic. I'd recommend a first aid course with a focus on wilderness first aid if you can find it. As for traction for a broken femur as another poster suggested, once you pull traction you don't release it until the limb can be stabilized,  so you're stuck at that point, and you could be there for hours waiting for help....

When you’re in law enforcement you gotta know your ABC’s… Ambulance Before Cops 🤣

It’s obviously a joke, 9 times out of 10 law enforcement is first on scene. And 9 times out of 10 my guys end up saying “shit, I forgot my ABC’s” after leaving. 

Just like in pizza delivery… “you can smell it but you can’t taste it.”

I liked it better when most of my medical knowledge was orthopedics. Now it’s oncology. 

Overeducated- PharmD, Certified Professional in Patient Safety, Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Advanced Trauma Life Support.

Learning is fun, and education is not a waste if you enjoy it. 
Knowing where your expertise ends and bull$hit begins is important. 

AED/CPR and all the training that I was given in the Army. I do carry tourniquets, vented chest seals, combat gauze, temp splints, pressure bandages, meds, etc in a medical bag in my cars. You never know what you'll run into. 

My entire family is in the medical field! After 52 years of being surrounded by people in the medical field I’ll I’ve learned is that if it’s really bad just call the wambulance. 

I'm a registered nurse with ACLS and critical care certifications

Fireman/paramedic for 18 years. Always helping out where I can at the local tracks. Track owners seem to appreciate it.