Aid, Secondly

Ok, so it’s been a while posted here, and I figured I’d pick up where I left off, so:

Last time, on OwenCJones.co.uk…

Owen was looking into IHCD ambulance technician training with an aim to move on the be a paramedic and work in the pre hospital field.

Since then, I’ve worked out that:  I could more easily study to be a paramedic than a technician; I could drive a car but not an ambulance (making being a paramedic a bit pointless); and I can instead train as a nurse, which actually has many more possibilities.

In the meantime, I’ve joined the Red Cross, and I’m now working for them as an event first aider, having completed my basic courses, and the first of my enhanced courses (Automated External Defibrilation) recently.  I’ve spent a total of 15 hours working with the Red Cross on events so far, and have mainly treated musculo-skeletal issues with kids who are just plain mental.

Having decided on nursing, I’ve applied to some unis, one of which has outright refused my application and one of which has initially refused before reconsidering when I pointed out that they have not noticed that I have a degree already.  I wrote my personal statement according to the UCAS guidelines and as a result it’s rather inadequate.  Waiting to hear from others.

I’ve been unemployed for about 9 months, and I’m depressed, feel useless, and more or less unable to do anything I want to.  I get criticised for not making friends with dick heads I meet, and having dedicated the bulk of my spare time first to trying to get a job for months, then to learning about the careers I’m looking at in detail and learning to treat injured people.  Pretty much everything has been about getting to do a career that the country is both in need of, and which is universally helpful, and the whole thing has been stupidly demoralising.

I highly recommend, having volunteered for 5 charities, that you don’t bother.  Out of 5, one has managed to get back to me in 9 months.

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