Overnight peoples (aka. Who's up?)

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Rogue

I gathered that ER is one of the newer professions in the medical world, yet ER's have been around for years. Who tended to them before it became known to be a profession?

And the medics appear to be the most underpaid, according to their knowledge base (or at least the several medics I've been reading) in the medical field.

Edit to add: You didn't explain the difference between a PA and an ER doc.

useed to be staffed by internists and surgeons up to about 20 years ago.

Most medics are underpaid for what they do, esp carrying the 400 pounder down 4 flights of stairs.

the difference is a lot more money for the most part LOL An Er doc will graduate from medical school and will go to a 3 or 4 year residency (we only take guys from 4 year programs) whereas a PA graduates from PA school and more or les starts working. there ar eone year residencies in surgery ER, and CT surgery but IMO its not worth it. You get paid peanut sand are a scut monkey for a year.

Tom