Future.. something or other

[Archabacteria]

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Currently taking Human Anatomy. Includes a lot of stuff that while interesting, I have yet to find any application for. Not taking SAT or ACT, I find their environment does not allow me to perform as well as I would under normal circumstances. Someone once told me that's part of the test, which only makes it worse.

Is it weird that I can read an ECG already and I'm not even out of high school? Though really, I guess anyone can look at a sample and someone's ECG while having VT and tell that there's something wrong, but not know what to do.

Possibly going into Nursing first, and saving up enough money to pay off medical school. Going to be difficult though, as so far in school I've needed assistance to complete stuff. ((Special needs, I guess. Have been diagnosed as having Asperger's. And the last IQ test I took put me some 12 points above mentally ******ed. And yet all my teachers say I'm brilliant.))

On the side, also working on a science fiction book and looking into video game design as an alternative if medical career doesn't work out. Speaking of video games, Trauma Center (the most recent being Trauma Team) is a nice series, if inaccurate at times. (Shocking flatlines became common after the first game, which actually did it right by having us perform compressions; hell, a whole plot point is made at one point because there isn't enough power for them to shock the flatline, meanwhile surgeon is doing compressions.. and ignoring that the patient won't get better until he treats the source- hypovolemia from trauma)

 

[mmmcdowe]

Currently taking Human Anatomy. Includes a lot of stuff that while interesting, I have yet to find any application for. That's because you aren't a medical professional 😉. Not taking SAT or ACT, I find their environment does not allow me to perform as well as I would under normal circumstances. Someone once told me that's part of the test, which only makes it worse. Consider taking sample exams in a test like environment to improve.

Is it weird that I can read an ECG already and I'm not even out of high school? No, but it is a little wierd that you think you can read EKGs. Recognizing the basic patterns and knowing the basics? Sure a lot of people learn how before medical school. Heck, you can become better than most medical students with not that much practice. Though really, I guess anyone can look at a sample and someone's ECG while having VT and tell that there's something wrong, but not know what to do.

Possibly going into Nursing first, and saving up enough money to pay off medical school. Going to be difficult though, as so far in school I've needed assistance to complete stuff. ((Special needs, I guess. Have been diagnosed as having Asperger's. And the last IQ test I took put me some 12 points above mentally ******ed. And yet all my teachers say I'm brilliant. People with Asperger's often do have areas of brilliance. Medicine is not so specialized, however, so you are right in expecting to have trouble))

On the side, also working on a science fiction book and looking into video game design as an alternative if medical career doesn't work out. Speaking of video games, Trauma Center (the most recent being Trauma Team) is a nice series, if inaccurate at times. Very inaccurate. (Shocking flatlines became common after the first game, which actually did it right by having us perform compressions; hell, a whole plot point is made at one point because there isn't enough power for them to shock the flatline, meanwhile surgeon is doing compressions.. and ignoring that the patient won't get better until he treats the source- hypovolemia from trauma)

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[Archabacteria]

Well, perhaps by read I meant 'only one lead' and 'only one or two conditions'. I think the one I'm most familiar with is lead II.

Incidentally, as for the Trauma Center series being very inaccurate, do you feel like compiling and sending me a list of things that are wrong with the games? Just wondering. Some things are more obvious than others.

 

[da8s0859q]

Well, perhaps by read I meant 'only one lead' and 'only one or two conditions'. I think the one I'm most familiar with is lead II.

Incidentally, as for the Trauma Center series being very inaccurate, do you feel like compiling and sending me a list of things that are wrong with the games? Just wondering. Some things are more obvious than others.

Not sure anyone's going to be able to do that for you. But I agree with everything else mmmcdowe said in his first response.

EKGs, by the way, get far more subtle than flat-out VT, vfib, or even afib. Or even knee-jerk diagnoses -- "oh hey, delta wave. Wolff-Parkinson-White. Call the EP guys." Causes of abnormal PR intervals or QRS complexes, axis deviations, bundle branch blocks, etc.

The only thing I would say is that you might want to be careful about doing the whole nursing-gone-medicine thing. Not because there's anything wrong with nurses deciding they want to go to med school, but if you know where your interests lie before you get there (and they very well might change to something entirely different in the next several years, before you ever have to apply to either), I don't think you're doing yourself any favors. Nursing and being a physician are very different jobs.