Posts Tagged ‘paramedic’

My husband got metal in his eye a year ago…the doctor attempted to remove it & failed to do so, we had to go back the next day (my husband works in an autobody shop and has had stuff in his eye before and had it removed). When we went back to the dr & they gave him some dialation drops and within 30 seconds his eyes rolled back in his head and he was out …fell on the floor…They rushed me out of the room and a paramedic that was in the waiting room of the eye doctors office rushed in. Since, that day my husband has had alot of trouble with his health. His chest hurts constantly as well as his arm. We thought maybe he was having a heart attack but they did an EKG and it turned out good.They said he had a healthy heart.We are kinda freaked out because it has been a year and everyday his chest hurts and his left arm has started hurting in different places.We have went to the doctor and they say it is panic attacks, however we have our doubts. Any ideas?? I am at a loss what to do!

I am a 33 year old female. I have been diagnosed with heart palpitations. The doc mentioned atrial fibrillation. Ive studied the issue and I guess it has never been coaught on an ECG. My heart rate tends to be fast. I had a heart cath and the heart itself is physically fine. I suffer from sporatic angina attacks and TIA’s. My bp tends to run around 130/99. I used to be an athlete that trained on a high level. I was 1995 National Champ. I had a paramedic say once that that could be the problem. I dont know what to look for as far as the problem goes. What does it sound like to you and what should be my next step in treatment. I see my doc tomorrow about my BP, only the nurses seem concerned. The docs keep saying they r going to put me on medication but never do. This BP has been this way for about 6 years now and is getting worse.

At the age of 11 i was diagnosed with bilateral optic drusens, My vision isnt perfect, however I dont require glasses and my eyesight is well above the license plate standard, I am now 19 I had an optical chec up about 2 months ago and my eyesight was fine, about a year ago I had a field vision test as the DVLA requested one due to me being diagnosed with the drusens, after 2 attempts I got 100% on the visual field test using both eyes, although my previous optician told me my visual field may have been affected by the drusens.
He also said that its unusual in someone my age, Ive been referred to specialists who have discharged me but asked me to keep having regular check ups.
At the moment im not too sure wether i actually have a visual field defect as I achieved 100% on the test at the age of 18, and all the tests ive had before hand i havent concentrated 100% because i was so young and fed up of being in and out of the opticians i just rushed through them.
has anyone been diagnosed with bilateral drusens at my age?
are they likely to cause me any future visual field problems or any other sight problems?
i know theyre more common in people over 60+, and normally indicate macular degeneration but as i say my optician said theyre rare in someone as young as me.
also another thing, ive been to see another optician (other than the one that diagnosed me with drusens) and he said the general health of my eyes are fine /:
this is worrying me alot as i want to be a paramedic and eyesight needs to be top standard for driving an ambulance, ive been passed to drive a car by the dvla.

Hey! .. About how long do you have too go too school to be a paramedic and also how long too work in labor and delivery .. these are both my dreams and im undecided on which one i want too do .. so Plz Help! .. thanks so much! ~ME