stuckoverhere

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a real thing believe it or not

He's been busy shitposting in /r/military. Somebody has to.

------ The joke

------ Your head

Tell your son good luck getting a job when he's done. You would think that considering all the medical training we do and the considerably wide scope of practice medics have in the military that we would qualify for more than giving oxygen and wiping butts in nursing homes, but that's what most of us end up doing civilian side. We're giving sutures, intubating, and performing cricothyrotomies military side, but absolutely none of this training transfers into civilian certifications.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining about civilian certifications. They're necessary and important for upholding standards. But many of the medics I've worked with have taken military schooling beyond just the entry level medic training, and have skills that can't be recognized outside of the military without a restructuring of both military and civilian certifications.

I hope that this is a problem that eventually reaches your ears since it will directly affect your son. My medics trained to place IV's in the back of a truck moving at 60 Mph using only a glowstick as a light source. We've got the skills, and we've got years of experience. But we can't work without certifications.

-A Sergeant in the MN National Guard

I haven't tried that one yet