Rockhound SG AMPT test comin... hmm...juz read the time table... Combat medics got learn medical emergencies for PAM meh?.. i noe specs do arh...but combat medics?... anyone with AMPT experience mind shedding some light?.. cos i've never become a combat medic b4...so i dunno wat combat medics are trained on other than trauma...i went straight to spec 2..
Unidentified SG I do quite intrested to be a medic in NS , any tips on how to sure kena medic after BMT ?
Unidentified SG hey is there any books in library or shops that have book that tell these kind of symptoms ? Or a medic guide ? Find these books are more specific than any FA manual , another step in depth of first aid
Rockhound SG go to bras basah....3rd floor got lots of used bookstores...can get cheap medical encyclopedias
anonymouse SG Maybe try the Oxford Handbook of Emergency medicine, or Oxford Handbook of Accident and Emergency Medicine?
Rockhound SG i am speechless by ure questions.....its by luck to be a medic....there is no perfect formula on being a medic...u think juz bcos u read bks ppl will let u be a medic?... being selected is all by luck maybe with some nursing background u cud have a higher chance....but in my experience..there is no perfect formula of being selected into being a medic... all this is up to the gods of CPC...
Unidentified SG no la , i juz quite intrested to know in the proceedure medic or paramedic do , tapping the skin , eye check , general survey , check here check there . Juz want to know wat they are doing.
Unidentified SG hey was wondering too , the movie HBO band of brothers i saw when soldier are injured , they juz open a packet thing and spread the flor like thing on the wound , anyone know what is that ?
Rockhound SG stops bleeding generally by speeding up the clotting process..i think theres an antiseptic property to it too...
Unidentified SG ok , i found out from my friend , the name of the drug is known as ''Sulfonamide'' the details are here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfonamide_%28medicine%29
Rockhound SG oooh... well medics in singapore are pretty outdated compared to their US counterparts now... there have been advances in battlefield medicine that a medic can administer...but that would mean that medics in the SAF most undergo a longer training stint.... i gez its the lack of trust on an nsf medic..but i dunno...its the so-called culture that gives the SAF the medics that they have today and it takes alot to convince them that the Medic Vocation is important...period... it will take the whole army a long time for it to mature to what it is supposed to be..... i wouldnt recommend anyone signing on as a medic spec..period....SCDF would be a better choice but u are prone to occupational burnout
RvnRooRon84 SG To become a Paramedic in SCDF, you need to go through three levels namely Level 1, Level 2 & Level 3. Currently, SCDF future paramedics go through their Level 1 together with the Combat Medic Course run by SAF. From Level 2 onwards, SCDF conducts thier own course (but still held at SMTI).
nullifi3d SG finally after 11 weeks i pass out as a medic tomorrow. Just hope CPC dosen't screw me over. XD.
