OK just a short brief intro to see who I am and who you are
I have been a paramedic for 17 years mostly working medivacs and fixed wing flight transfers. Although through the years I have been constantly working either ambulance or sprint trucks. My initial training was provided complimants of Uncle Sam via USAF at the old age of 17. I attended our first perfomance in Desert Storm, the Oklahoma city bombing, Tsunami in Indonesia and of course my home states hurricane Katrina. I am currently working in Singapore as a safety supervisor setting up medical clinics on oil rigs for 2 major oil companies to be USCG, MMS, & OSHA compliant prior to return to the US. Singapore is great especially for me I have my own apartment and get to go home at night and on Sundays. The night life here is awesome.
I am working on my nursing degree through Excelsior and should be able to test for the 2 year by January. I have enough hours to finish out my 4 year by next year but I am having a difficult time deciding where to go from there. Duke university has a campus here called Duke SUN that offers a pretty good scholarship program for your Nurse Practiioner but the catch is that you have to work for the Ministry of Health here for 2 years afterwards. I know the money is better in the oilfield. (Much Better) and my benefits cost me about $20 a month with no deductible no preexisting and had no waiting period but at some point I would like to have a life outside of work and my prefrences don't meet my co-workers. I work with about 300 men and 5 women. So for now I am staying here and get to come home about every three months for one month and working on my nursing degree.
I love to laugh to be the life of the party or to laugh at someone else. I consider myself deceptivly intelligent. In other words I don't look like a nerd I just think like one. I am sure I will have lots of questions for everyone. So any responses, suggestions questions or ideas let me know
BB
I have been a paramedic for 17 years mostly working medivacs and fixed wing flight transfers. Although through the years I have been constantly working either ambulance or sprint trucks. My initial training was provided complimants of Uncle Sam via USAF at the old age of 17. I attended our first perfomance in Desert Storm, the Oklahoma city bombing, Tsunami in Indonesia and of course my home states hurricane Katrina. I am currently working in Singapore as a safety supervisor setting up medical clinics on oil rigs for 2 major oil companies to be USCG, MMS, & OSHA compliant prior to return to the US. Singapore is great especially for me I have my own apartment and get to go home at night and on Sundays. The night life here is awesome.
I am working on my nursing degree through Excelsior and should be able to test for the 2 year by January. I have enough hours to finish out my 4 year by next year but I am having a difficult time deciding where to go from there. Duke university has a campus here called Duke SUN that offers a pretty good scholarship program for your Nurse Practiioner but the catch is that you have to work for the Ministry of Health here for 2 years afterwards. I know the money is better in the oilfield. (Much Better) and my benefits cost me about $20 a month with no deductible no preexisting and had no waiting period but at some point I would like to have a life outside of work and my prefrences don't meet my co-workers. I work with about 300 men and 5 women. So for now I am staying here and get to come home about every three months for one month and working on my nursing degree.
I love to laugh to be the life of the party or to laugh at someone else. I consider myself deceptivly intelligent. In other words I don't look like a nerd I just think like one. I am sure I will have lots of questions for everyone. So any responses, suggestions questions or ideas let me know
BB
