Medical careers

I have always had a fascination for the medical profession. I have worked in a hospital myself several years ago. I was in the process of getting my physical therapy aid certification when my mother became terminally ill. That career got put on the back burner when I left the hospital to take care of my mother. After my mother passed away I never returned to the medical world again unless it was to take a family member to the doctor or physical therapy. I really did enjoy working with people and helping them get well.

I worked in the DTS unit where telemetry was used. Telemetry is what a hospital uses to monitor the heart rate of a patient. The telemetry unit gets the signal from the patient to the nurses desk via radio waves. That is the main reason why you see signs all over the hospital not to have you cell phone on. The cell phones interfere with the medical devices being used. The staff that run the telemetry equipment are certified and have had special training and have to undergo an ACLS exam to stay current with the certification.