Can I do a degree and be an offshore oil rig medic?
I want to work offshore on an oil rig, and I think I understand most of the implications. I don’t get seasick and as my parents are divorced and I spend the holidays with my dad, I’m OK with being away from home.
I’m really good at science, and I’m doing maths, biology, chemistry and physics at school. English and history as well but I didn’t think they were as relevant. I plan to go to university after school.
So would a medical degree allow me to get a job as an oil rig medic, with no experience? I wondered, cause they all seem to talk about paramedic qualifications. I’m fairly sure you get experience working in a hospital as part of the degree so would that be enough?
Thanks in advance ![]()
Paramedic certification/license and a medical degree are two very different things. while a doctor may outrank a paramedic in the medical world, most doctors are useless outside of a well lit building with tons of medical equipment around them. Paramedics have specialized training for out of hospital emergencies and an experienced medic will be very resourceful and knowledgeable, while a med school graduate will be booksmart, have no real experience and by most of the medical community considered more of a liability than a help. by the time you become a physician with enough experience to work on an oil rig, it won’t be worth financially.
the only exception to this would possibly be recent med school graduate who is also a paramedic








Paramedic certification/license and a medical degree are two very different things. while a doctor may outrank a paramedic in the medical world, most doctors are useless outside of a well lit building with tons of medical equipment around them. Paramedics have specialized training for out of hospital emergencies and an experienced medic will be very resourceful and knowledgeable, while a med school graduate will be booksmart, have no real experience and by most of the medical community considered more of a liability than a help. by the time you become a physician with enough experience to work on an oil rig, it won’t be worth financially.
the only exception to this would possibly be recent med school graduate who is also a paramedic
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