GetMeOuttaThisMess Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 I'm at 34+ years and counting ('83 grad). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted November 25, 2017 Moderator Share Posted November 25, 2017 21 YEARS (96 GRAD) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paula Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 I'm at 13. Still in the toddler stage!!! But retirement looms! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmj11 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 1981 grad . . . how many years is that? Thirty-six, I believe. Back when I started, our gurneys had stone wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality Check 2 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 In my 26th year..... at least 15 to go Remember looking at real xrays with a rolled up tube of paper for magnification or hauling big packets of xrays to the OR? Remember NOT having an internet?....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCHAD Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Just about to start my 7th...some times it feels longer than others :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetMeOuttaThisMess Posted November 25, 2017 Author Share Posted November 25, 2017 In my 26th year..... at least 15 to go Remember looking at real xrays with a rolled up tube of paper for magnification or hauling big packets of xrays to the OR? Remember NOT having an internet?.......My first hospital had a single hallway running front to back, ED beds were off the hallway and the OR holding area was on the other side with the hallway door opening directly to the awaiting patients. Four floors of a single hallway; east wing and west wing respectively. It shared a common intensive care unit. It is now a level one trauma center. Go figure.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted November 25, 2017 Moderator Share Posted November 25, 2017 My first job as an ER tech in the 80s in a 5 bed ED had a 1950s era ekg machine. I had to move the suction cup for each v-lead, cut out the tracings, and tape them in to the chart. we also had red rubber everything from nasal cannulas to to foleys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetMeOuttaThisMess Posted November 25, 2017 Author Share Posted November 25, 2017 My first job as an ER tech in the 80s in a 5 bed ED had a 1950s era ekg machine. I had to move the suction cup for each v-lead, cut out the tracings, and tape them in to the chart. we also had red rubber everything from nasal cannulas to to foleys.Don’t forget the glass IV bottles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted November 25, 2017 Moderator Share Posted November 25, 2017 yup, cut my fingers removing the metal tabs on those many times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpackelly Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Official PA in 1980, women’s health PA (a short term california pilot project) since 1978, and actually practicing as a Infomally trained PA in a free clinic since February 1974. Retired now but who can tell, I may be back. I am applying for my PA-C emeritus this year......37 years continuous certification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Elpatodog Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 I have been a PA for 15 years and I was an RN for 11 years prior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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