Ernie Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 An Osceola County juvenile faces charges Friday of impersonating a physician assistant. </SPAN> Authorities with the Kissimmee Police Department said Matthew Scheidt, 17, was charged with five counts of impersonating a physician assistant at Osceola Regional Medical Center. </SPAN> <XMLBLOX id=25364386 active="true" pool="orl" poolid="143"><UNIVERSAL_PROPERTIES active="true"><SUBHEADLINE></SUBHEADLINE></UNIVERSAL_PROPERTIES><XMLBODY><XHTML></XHTML></XMLBODY></XMLBLOX>Authorities said Scheidt conducted exams, provided patient care and accessed restricted patient information. </SPAN></SPAN> An investigation found Scheidt was a part-time billing clerk at Surgical Management Group. </SPAN></SPAN> Scheidt was being held at the Kissimmee Police Department, and investigators said he'll be transported to the Orange County Regional Detention Center pending further action in the case.</SPAN></SPAN> Read more: http://www.wesh.com/health/29063711/detail.html#ixzz1WpQa6yp1</SPAN></SPAN> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpc511 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 "Our initial review of patient charts indicates that patients treated in the ER during this time received the medical care they needed," Osceola Regional Medical Center representative Vanessa Guevara said. Wow, he's good. And to think I had to go through all those classes and clinicals in order to give patients the medical care they need. I bet he doesn't have anywhere near the student loan debt I have either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemoptysis Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 http://www.wftv.com/news/29063519/detail.html "Scheidt requested a new hospital ID badge and told the hospital that he had changed physician offices and that he was a physician assistant. Hospital officials told police that Scheidt was then issued a physician assistant ID card." Silly HR, someone is going to recieve some reprimanding for that one. IMO, the statement about Scheidt's pt's recieving "the medical care they needed", over this week-long period, is to save face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven.c Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 I don't think he will be listing this experience as valuable HCE hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAdamsPAC Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Heck! I got nailed impersonating a 17 year old! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annemarreb Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 ARGGH!!!! First thing I heard, the reporter said 'Physician's Assistant' and the second thing I saw on the article 'Physician's Assistant'.... These people need to learn the right way of saying the title before they produce this report. After these incidents, I didn't care much about the news... I felt like having these mistakes makes them not so credible. sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIPPER Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 ARGGH!!!! First thing I heard, the reporter said 'Physician's Assistant' and the second thing I saw on the article 'Physician's Assistant'.... These people need to learn the right way of saying the title before they produce this report. After these incidents, I didn't care much about the news... I felt like having these mistakes makes them not so credible. sigh. I printed and showed this article to a few MD's, RN's and friends...Not one commented on the use of the title...IMHO I can safely say only PA's notice things like this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Steve Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 ARGGH!!!! First thing I heard, the reporter said 'Physician's Assistant' and the second thing I saw on the article 'Physician's Assistant'.... These people need to learn the right way of saying the title before they produce this report. After these incidents, I didn't care much about the news... I felt like having these mistakes makes them not so credible. sigh. This forum is the only place I have ever seen a big deal made of the apostrophe. I even see the apostrophe used in literature from colleges as they describe their PA program. I think it is so interwoven into mainstream you will have better luck changing PA to be physician associate before you will be able to drop the possessive form of the title. As for the OP's article...That kid has huge stones to pull that off. Too bad all that creative energy is going to be wasted. Hopefully he can get on track with his life and do some good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alleycat Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 today I found the Reuter's report on the young man....it headlined Physician's Aide.... so sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annemarreb Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 I printed and showed this article to a few MD's, RN's and friends...Not one commented on the use of the title...IMHO I can safely say only PA's notice things like this... Interesting...I'm not a PA yet nor a PA-S. But, part of becoming one and just to be correctly informed, we need to know tiny information like those (PA's vs PAs). How will we teach the public if a mass medium fail to do so?...You know, that small mistake (') can be a HUGE problem (ie mistunderstanding the PA role, etc)... Just saying :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delco714 Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 today I found the Reuter's report on the young man....it headlined Physician's Aide.... so sad. That makes me angry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blburns Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/09/03/cops-florida-teen-posed-as-physicians-assistant-performed-exams/?test=latestnews I came across this article this morning on Fox News. Just wondering how this could happen without anyone being suspicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejfox Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 It's amazing how much coverage this kid's actions received. It's all over the news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LESH Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Wow. How does one pull this off? It seems that HR dropped the ball. Risk Management has a malpractice issue. What SP signed off on his charts? The Fla PA regulatory board should have an interesting time with this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LESH Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/09/03/cops-florida-teen-posed-as-physicians-assistant-performed-exams/?test=latestnews I came across this article this morning on Fox News. Just wondering how this could happen without anyone being suspicious. Amazing isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmj11 Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 It was on Good Morning America this morning. I was pleasantly surprised that they presented the PA profession as a kind of doctor . . . not quite right but far better than presenting the profession as an orderly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneValgene Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 sounds like a pre-PA just trying to get some paid HCE :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Savage Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 He is facing 5 felony counts... He would have been better off if he tried to pose as a Doctor who breezed through medical school and graduated at 16 like Doogie Houser M.D. They would have laughed him out of the building and he would not be facing multiple felonies. P.A. students are trending down to be younger and younger... but 17... how did they NOT know he was a kid! Is there any street smart people in hospitals and medicine anymore? All you would have had to do to double check was call a few numbers. He had to have raised a few eyebrows... On the bright side, at least we are popular enough to be impersonated now :;-D: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Steve Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 http://www.ems1.com/ems-oddities/articles/1118393-Teen-charged-with-posing-as-physicians-assistant/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator rev ronin Posted September 5, 2011 Administrator Share Posted September 5, 2011 http://www.ems1.com/ems-oddities/articles/1118393-Teen-charged-with-posing-as-physicians-assistant/ Performed CPR? I wonder if the patient lived. I wonder if the kid was even CPR certified. Probably was, but if not, and if the patient died, the lawsuit is just going to be that much uglier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delco714 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 This is going to get off scott free because they charged him with impersonating a physician'S assistant... There no such thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtg1111 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 This is absolutely crazy, but I cannot seem to get past the mis-representation that our profession receives. Yahoo at first called it a "Physician's Assistant", but now they have down-graded the profession to a Physician's Aide. For some reason I let these things run right through me. :/ Maybe I just need to calm down before I blow a gasket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAdamsPAC Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 That makes me angry I have far too much on my professional plate to get worked up over what truly reflects the high level of incompetence of the hospital's HR and Medical Staff Office not to mention the ER Physicians!!!!! Lazy and stupid is no way to go through life.....it seems that the appropriate people at this hospital didn't get the memo! BTW, I know some folks who actually graduated from PA school, who in my opinion are imitating PAs everyday they see patients! Those are the folks that get me riled up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarian Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 btw, i know some folks who actually graduated from pa school, who in my opinion are imitating pas everyday they see patients! Those are the folks that get me riled up. Word..!!!!!!!!!!!! :ohnoes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Savage Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 It just makes the media look dumb... in our eyes. The blissfully ignorant public will not know this though. FREAKIN DOCTORS AIDE!!! are you kidding reuters... What if we stuck a "Roto" in front of their name... it should not matter right! http://ca.news.yahoo.com/florida-police-nab-teen-posing-hospital-doctors-aide-233556974.html this makes me want to puke... but it gives us more cannon fodder for the name change. The kid is indeed old enough and could be qualified enough to be a doctors aide also known as Medical Assistant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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