If you need help choosing a disorder/diagnosis for your patient character try the Web MD Symptom Checker

http://symptoms.webmd.com/default.htm

There are plenty of other jobs to hold in a hospital that are still medical, but are not doctors, nurses, med students or paramedics. For them, there is the "other medical staff" group, and they need love too!


who else works in a hospital?



NURSES' AIDES
PHYSICIANS' ASSISTANTS
SURGICAL ASSISTANTS
STERILIZATION TECHS
PHLEBOTOMISTS
PHARMACISTS
PHYSICAL THERAPISTS
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS
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Fire



Disaster




Tornado




Medical Emergency




Medical Emergency- Infant




Bomb Threat




Missing Patient




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( IN ORDER, LOWEST TO HIGHEST )

* Med Students (3rd/4th year)
Medical school lasts four years, both in allopathic (MD) and osteopathic (DO). Third and fourth year are spent in the hospital. They are at the very bottom, and have virtually no pull as far as decisions.

* Interns
Internship is the first year of residency. This lasts only one year before the rank of Resident is achieved. They must …

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Specialties

* Radiology
* Medical Examination (morgue)
* Research
* Emergency Medicine
* Family Medicine
* Surgery
* Pathology
* Intensive Care
* Obstetrics/Gynecology
* Neonatology
* Pediatric
* Psychiatric
* Drug Rehabilitation
* Orthopaedics
* Neurology (brain/nervous system)
* Cardiology (heart)
* Pulmonology (lungs)
* Nephrology (kidneys)
* Oncology (cancer)
* Internal Medicine
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COMMON ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

Here are some common acronyms you may see around the forum, most of them medical terms. This is by no means a complete list, so if you happen to see an acronym or abbreviation somewhere that we used and didn't identify, by all means, let us know so we can add it to the list! Also, if you think of anything that should be added, also let us know.


THE ACRONYMS

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General Rules:

1. Respect the opinions of all the other members. No disrespect of any kind will be tolerated. If you have problems with a member try to work out these problems amongst yourselves before consulting an administrator.

2. Notify an administrator if you are going to be away from the forum for and extended period of time so your accounts can be saved. Accounts will be deleted after …

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