It has definitely been a while since I made a post. Obviously I’ve fallen well short of my goal of regular writing. Life has been a whirlwind these past few months, and try as I might to make time to come back to writing, it just hasn’t been a very possible thing until now.
In the interim, there have been several worthwhile events to share. First, the bachelor’s program is off to a good start. Despite the many obligations and time constraints, and not being able to devote as much time to it as I’d like, I’ve managed to maintain a 4.0 GPA. We shall see how well that holds up. This is a marathon, not a sprint, and it’ll be much more telling when we arrive at the finish line in 2025.
Second, after a few years of studying, and despite my severe test anxiety (which is what has prevented me from testing in the past), I have earned my FP-C certification. This is the next step along a journey of exploring my profession, and pushing myself clinically. Now begins the arduous task of completing the step-up program with my agency. They are attempting to ensure that they build solid, competent clinicians before they turn them loose in the field. It’s a work in progress, but I wholeheartedly support the effort. I have to have 15 ride times with an experienced critical care provider with 20 critical care patient contacts. The hard part about this time is that I must still maintain my full-time shift, and work on this in my “off” time. There just aren’t a whole lot of extra days to squeeze into an already packaged schedule. Alas, we will see what’s in store at the end of it.
Third, we officially got our podcast off the ground. The No Shock Advised podcast is officially up and running. This has been a task unto itself, not just in recording, editing, and publishing, but on the back end: researching, collaborating, and then syncing schedules with my co-host and previous partner. All that being said, it has been the culmination of years of planning and daydreaming to finally start recording, and we are still excited about the opportunity to explore this new venue. Having started this, though, it has become necessary to build a website for the podcast, so we will add that to the list of tasks to be done. You can find the current website here, but hopefully in the near future, I will be able to have a more polished webpage.
Fourth, I was able to get more involved in education with the school, and get some more time and experience lecturing. Not only that, I had the opportunity to help teach and train a new cohort of med school students as they started their school journey by getting the EMT certifications. Personally, i appreciate that the school included some prehospital training in their curriculum in order to have physicians that have some semblance of an idea what we do in the field.
This bring me to my fifth and final update: I recently went back into business for myself (as a side gig), offering public facing classes for CPR and First Aid. This will eventually expand to include other classes and subject matter, such as Stop the Bleed. Mercenary Medic will also be needing a logo and a website. That is one of those time consuming projects that just stays on the back burner. Hopefully, before too long, we'll have something polished and published. Stay tuned for more developments.
That hits the highlights of the past few months, but unfortunately glosses over a lot of work that went into each of these milestones. I hope to get back to regular writing soon.
Thank you everyone who has taken the time and interest to read and follow.
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