Resolved Question

What do you do? Do you like it? Why did you choose this career?

Me! The reason? Adrenaline! I started out working on an ambulance and went to Paramedic school. Then, while I was doing clinicals for Paramedic, I had to trail a Respiratory Therapist for 16 hours. I thought "Holy crap! I like this! A nice controlled environment, ambulatory throughout the hospital, a variety of patients, and drama, all rolled into one so I finished the Paramedic Program and went to school for RT. Here, I've been for going on 23 years. It's a mostly rewarding career, I get to work in CCU with critical patients, the ER with acute patients, the NICU with neonates, the medical floor with sick patients. I don't like the surgical floor but it pays real well and I love my co-workers, to include the nurses and the ER docs. I think I made a good choice. I'd just like a little change. I'm working on some research for a physician to start a Respiratory Rehab program in his office. That would slow me down a little bit and I could still work in the hospital a day or two a month to maintain my professional skills and work with my friends! I do enjoy helping people.