Re: Looking Deeper

[Scott Woolf <pseudoscott@voyager.net>]

To Mike and All,

I can't proclaim why I chose to become a flight nurse, since I'm not a
flight nurse...at least yet.  To be honest, I'm not even a nurse...yet.
That aside, I have been giving a lot of the thought to the prospects of
doing both of the above, and why to fly.  All of the responses that I've
read to your original question are very good answers, and I think that it
demonstrates the point that there is no one reason to be a flight nurse.  

There is no doubt in my mind that there is a certain "status" in being a
flight nurse.  Medical flight personnel have a certain cockiness to them,
much like that which separates a decent quarterback from a good or great
quarterback (forgive the analogy, but I've been doing an athletic training
internship for the past two and a half years).  A good quarterback has a
certain swagger that let's you know that he CAN get the job done when it
counts.  Flight staffs have the swagger.  Not that they're better than
anybody, but they get the job done!!

There's a niche out there for every nurse.  Some nurses decide that they
can best use their abilities in a home health/hospice setting, others in an
occupational health, and on and on.  And I know nurses that in addition to
being part of a flight program, participate in other areas (i.e.-
education, ER's, ground transport, ICU's, doctors' offices, etc.).  

Why do I want to become a flight nurse (or medic)?  I think that there are
two reasons:  1)because its challenging and makes you think for yourself,
and 2)because not everyone can do it.  

Scott Woolf, EMT-B



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