Re: SMT Informational survey for 2004

From: K. Carp (kathycarp_at_comcastexcess.net)
Date: 07/05/04 

Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 18:13:10 -0700

Ed,
You don't _currently_ live in Argentina, do you? I thought you were born
there, but moved to the states... just wondering.

Kathy

"Ed Chait" <edchait4@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:aHLFc.38$sD4.8@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
>
> > SCREEN NAME ed
> >
> > BIRTH DATE: 1956
> >
> > LOCATION/CITY/STATE: Buenos Aires, Argentina
> >
> > MARITAL STATUS: Married for 20 years. To the same woman even.
> >
> > CHILDREN: One son 18, one daughter 15.
> >
> > PETS: Three dogs, two parakeets, TNTC fish.
>
> >
> > EXPERIENCE: Off and on, part-time and full-time for 20 years. Have
> worked in healthcare for the past 30 years as a military medic, search and
> rescue paramedic, air ambulance medic, echocardiography and vascular
> ultrasound tech.
>
> > WHAT TYPE OF MT TRAINING DID YOU HAVE OR ARE CURRENTLY GETTING?
> All on-the-job with some excellent experienced MT's as my teachers.
>
> > DO YOU SPECIALIZE? Cardiology and ER.
> >
> > BELONG TO AAMT OR OTHER MT ORGANIZATION? NO.
> >
> > NATIONAL YOU HAVE WORKED FOR IF YOU CARE TO IDENTIFY: None.
>
> WHAT VERSION OF WP/WORD/OTHER DO YOU USE? Word 2000/97
> >
> > WHAT WORD EXPANDER, IF ANY, DO YOU USE? Shorthand 8.0
>
> > WHICH REFERENCE BOOKS DO YOU USE THE MOST? Saunders Pharmaceutical Word
> Book and GOOGLE.
> >
> > OKAY, NOW DOWN TO THE NITTY GRITTY STUFF.
> >
> > DO YOU MUNCH AT YOUR DESK? Why, did you see the Cheetoh crumbs?
> >
> > HOW MUCH WEIGHT HAVE YOU GAINED/LOSS SINCE YOU STARTED TRANSCRIBING? I
am
> at a comfortable equilibrium. Yeah, that's the ticket, a comfortable
> equilibrium. Now, where's my Cheetohs?
>
> > WHAT IS YOUR PREFERRED ATTIRE TO TRANSCRIBE IN? If I'm alone or if
people
> are around? The only consistent thing is socks.
> >
> > DO YOU LIKE IT NOISY OR QUIET WHILE WORKING? I like it very quiet. Damn
> parakeets!
>
> > DO YOU WORK AT HOME OR ON-SITE SOMEWHERE? I do all of my MT work at
home.
>
> > WHAT DO YOU FIND ARE THE PROS AND CONS OF WORKING THE WAY YOU DO? No
cons
> at all. The main pros are that it is one of the few things that I can
make
> decent money at and work around my primary full-time day job as a
> cardiovascular tech. Also, transcribing the reports of the patients I do
> exams on helps me to follow their care, which benefits all concerned.
>
> > IF YOU HADN'T DECIDED ON THIS CAREER, WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN YOUR DREAM
> > JOB? Owner of a huge book and magazine store with no customers to
> interrupt and bother me.
>
> > LAST QUESTION: WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF IN
> > 100 WORDS OR LESS? My interests and hobbies are reading, playing
classical
> guitar, riding and restoring/modifying bicycles and motorcycles,
> communicating and learning, and the pursuit of doing the right thing.
>
>
> ed
>
>

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