Not sure if this is the correct forum but seems fitting. I am currently applying to get in the Coast Guard as an officer and took my flight medical yesterday at the local air force base. I did not pass the ekg. The flight surgeon said that the reading was not "abnormal", but was not "normal" and thus will not pass the USAF requirements. I am scheduled to go back in next week and try it again. It was also stated that the Navy/CG requirements may be different than that of the USAF and if I don't pass again that there are other routes to take with waivers and such. I am slightly concerned about this situation. Does anyone have any insight that might be helpful? I was not able to get much info from my recruiter. Thanks!
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Flight Medical, EKG Question
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Without more specifics, it's hard to address your particular situation, but lots of people (including myself) have various "anomalous" EKG readings, conduction delays, etc. Make sure your FS thoroughly discusses the specifics with you when you see him again.
Brett
Again, w/out details, it's hard, but I'm a bit confused. You're applying for a CG program, right? So it's irrelevant what an AF doc says, he just has to forward along the physical. It's not up to him to say whether you're in or out of limits, it's up to the whatever the CG equivalent to Personnel is. Maybe I'm missing something from the story.
Ok, that makes much more sense. The flight surgeon was particularly busy that day and made a quick mention about different standards for the Navy, CG, etc but did not make it clear that what I do with them simply gets passed on to the proper people. Thank you for clarifying that!
I will try to get more details and a print out when I do the second one on Tuesday.
I will try to get more details and a print out when I do the second one on Tuesday.
MasterBates
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I have a "right caridal branch block" (or something like that). I fly.
Depending on what the EKG turns up, they may schedule a followup with different equipment to determine if there is a condition. For example, my EKG came back with "voltage criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy" so they brought some specialists from Bethesda to do an Echocardiogram (ultrasound essentially) to measure the size of my heart chambers. The docs asked if I was an endurance athlete, I said yes, so we BS'd about how many miles/hours a week I excercised while they measured my heart. All of my left ventricle measurements were 1 milimeter below the max allowable, interestingly enough. Either I'm lucky, or the docs know that size doesn't matter. (Ventricle size, anyway).