Medical Review: Knee Problem = PES C ?

last SG · 2010-01-03T20:32:04+00:00

hi Lokey, i used to run frequently and suffer the injury from excess running. Also, i was excused from all the marching activity as the officers knew of my c...

dkcx SG

Lokey- I am in course now, i shall talk to my inchek see what he can do or recommend me to do. I shown the camp mo the specialist letter. He said the most he give me temporary downpes for 1 or 2 months, i guess is linked to my next specialist appointment in 3 months time. I am afraid i will OOC when the combat training when i cannot perform physically ( i like my vocation so i dont wish to OOC, unless i am given a non-physical vocation to recover, which i think is impossible..haha)

dkcx- I can’t go book out for the physio as the commanders suggest that people that continuously do so will be OOC.

tarutaru- the mo seem very determined not to let me downpes temporary to recover.

Is your health more important or is staying a combat medic more important to you?

Not all OOC equals to a change in vocation since certain vocational schools will allow a person to stay in the school and helpout with the admin stuff and let the person join the next batch of trainees if his condition was only a temp 1 that would heal by the time training for next batch starts.

blade001 SG

Surely is health. But in all if i cannot temporary downpes to recover, i can only hope i pass out and get posted to a medical centre, which is less physical demanding on most days and recover from there onwards.

thank you guys for the replies. I will update when i have talked to my inchek

dkcx SG

thank you guys for the replies. I will update when i have talked to my inchek

Posting to medical center is more a service medic vocation and not a combat medic vocation i believe so unless you are revocated, i doubt that would be possible and there is no assurance that combat medics will surely be revocated as service medics.

Combat medics are expected to chiong with their units and you will have little time in the medical center to rest at all since most units combat medics get posted to are usually active combat units that requires the combat medic to follow for all their training.

blade001 SG

so what should i do?

tarutaru SG

so what should i do?

Well if u cannot take the training then I suggest u ask the MO for excuse, whether will u be OOC or not, depends on the your PC liao. Btw if u managed to pass of the cbt medic course, if u end up in a cbt unit like SIR etc, u still need to chiong with the men, but if end up in a svc medical centre like Tekong, air base...then you get to relax more...

dkcx SG

so what should i do?

Do not care so much about Out of course, go for physio and get yourself better.

Once you are better, regardless what vocation you might get would also be more managable than for you to continue training with your injury which might worsen if not taken care of properly and affect your life in future.

blade001 SG

Hi ppl, let me update on my situation. I had talk to my inchek about the mo not putting me on medical board.

He said the mo here are less caring and tell me to finish the course. He said once i pass out from the course, my new unit camp mo will take care of me (Hearing this was not very comforting, since that is what my bmt PC told me). He added if i am a platoon medic, the people there will drop me to be service medic if i cannot hold up because of my knees.

I am getting more depressed since i feel like a ball being passed around. Even worse with my friend being a platoon medic in a mono intake camp saying the commanders and mo wont care about your condition. They will think when you are chao keng, when you complaining of pain and push you to carry on.

Right now, i only thinking about getting OOC and use the spare time to go for physiotherapy. Not really possible to book out for physiotherapy while in the course, since there is a lot to learn and RT for those that fail test.

Any bros out there with a solution for me?

tarutaru SG

Well now medic course so short surely u can pass out. Fyi my friend fractured leg also can pass out cbt medic course best trainee.....ok, later he went to a svc unit.

blade001 SG

Well but he went to a service unit. For my case, i not even sure the MO and board will allow me to downpes, i dont want to be at the combat side suffering hopping psysio will cure me. And i also have a weakness to gore stuff, so when they start teaching about intestines popping out and amputation, i go weak and not interested at all.

tarutaru SG

You think service medic don't have to learn all these? You are a trained to be a medic, service or combat, you are required to save life not to take life. Even service medic are required to go out field to do medical cover at times. Trust me, throughout the NS liablity most of the time the only injuries your'll see it's heat exhaution....people like you trying to go OOC, revocate....what you learn, if u get to see amputation or intestines popping out...you are damn lucky. At the end of course, it's still luck where you are posted to, my friend was lucky kenna posted to a service medical centre got to stay out, fyi, he got a friend pass out as service medic but got posted to a combat medical centre got to stay in. I was lucky too, posted to combat unit, then all the medics were attached to the medical centre where everyone stayed out.

blade001 SG

Dont get me wrong tarutaru. I dont mean they dont need to learn, what i mean is i am not interested in this medical stuff, i wont be the useful medic to a serverely injured person ( i know the occurence rate is low, but there is still a chance, and i dont like to risk anybodies life).

All i want to say is i am in the combat medic course,should i be a platoon medic, i will need to go for route marches and physically demanding activities which i am not confident with my condition.

tarutaru SG

All i want to say is i am in the combat medic course,should i be a platoon medic, i will need to go for route marches and physically demanding activities which i am not confident with my condition.

How do u know that u sure kenna platoon medic?

tarutaru SG

All i want to say is i am in the combat medic course,should i be a platoon medic, i will need to go for route marches and physically demanding activities which i am not confident with my condition.

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blade001 SG

i wont know. But there is a chance, and the chance is high since the wing commander said most of us becoming platoon medic.

tarutaru SG

i wont know. But there is a chance, and the chance is high since the wing commander said most of us becoming platoon medic.

Aiyo....u in the army for at least near 4-5 months liao..u still believe such story...in chinese，船到桥头自然直. take it as it is lah...have u consider top of the course, then u get selected to be instructor? Apparently, you just scare/ don't want to be a platoon medic rather than be trained as a medic.

blade001 SG

Are you comprehending what i am trying to say? I wont be afraid should i not have my knee condition.

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