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Is it the PCPs who do this, or the big corporations that own the practices, clinics, etc.?

In my experience outpatient services (like doctor visits) are billed by procedure code, not by diagnosis code.

Once you have put in some time at Department A, would a lateral move become an option? Then you wouldn't have to redo academy.

Long Answer:

It's a philosophical choice. When thinking about likelihood of events, do you use the information you have, or do you treat everything as equally unknowable because you don't have all the information.

Let's say you flip an ordinary coin. While it is in the air, someone asks the probability that it lands heads-up. What's the correct answer?

A) "I don't know" since you don't know the exact trajectory of the coin, weight of the coin, distance above the ground, physical properties of the ground, etc. (If you did know all of these things exactly, a physical model could accurately predict the outcome.)

B) 50%

Let's go back to the divorce question. Let's say you look up the divorce rate of rich gay couples. You still don't have all the information because there are countless factors that come into play: does one or both of them have divorced parents, what's their age gap, etc. You can never know the impact of every factor, so if your criterion for giving probability is to have all the information, you never can.

You could also ask what the probability is that one of them spontaneously combusts during the wedding ceremony. You don't have all the information, so you would also have to say "I don't know."

There are two philosophical positions you can take. In one of them, you answer every probability question with "I don't know." Probability of divorce? "I don't know." Probability of spontaneous combustion? "I don't know." Valid, but not useful.

Or, you can use the information you have to give the best answer given what you know. Probability of divorce? 50% Probability of spontaneous combustion? Very close to 0%.

Short answer: Bayes' Law.

The officer "was not necessarily unprofessional when he mimicked a cat at the clinic, given his love for cats and animals."

King County Explorer SAR is an excellent organization. Their training includes four full-weekend trainings, so you'd need to take four Saturdays off work. Other than that you're probably okay. I suggest going to an information session to get more details.

An important part of that article is that "the situation must represent a true emergency—the potential for loss of life or limb."

Junior

The Martian

The Summit at Snoqualmie Pro (paid) Ski Patrol does not require anything besides EMT-B. (At least, this was the case a few years ago.)

Seattle Mountain Rescue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toh8dveKv_0

There are two ways to be a paramedic in King County. You can get hired by King County Medic One, which provides ALS 911 in south King County, and they will put you through the Harborview paramedic training program. Alternatively you can become a firefighter for certain fire departments in the region (like Seattle or Everett) and then (after a few years) get selected by the department to go to the Harborview program.

BlacKkKlansman

Ultraviolet

Val Kilmer in Tombstone.

Steven Universe: The Movie

I think it was called "The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down."

This quote pops into my head most workdays.

Your wife is correct here.

Cobra (1986)

https://how-did-this-get-made.simplecast.com/episodes/law-abiding-citizen-live-w-adam-pally

"Yeah, I know man. Ain't it wild? That's what makes it so interesting. You can do what you want, and make up your own rules. Why be a servant to the law, when you can be its master?"

Which AAI? There are two: American Alpine Institute (the original) and Alpine Ascents International.

Rocky (1976)

The Faculty