Garda Medical for recruitment

ann.lewis wrote: »

There's a thread for this with lots of info but pretty much....you get a call from someone in the depot to see can you come on a day and at a time. Once you confirm thats it...off you go on the day.
Up to the depot and round to medical building. In the door and take a seat, then someone comes out to give you a form that you need to fill in. Name blah blah. Also asks your medical history and if you have tatoos and have you ever been in hospital for x rays and stuff.
Then after a wait you'll be called into a room where there's a sound proof hub I guess you could call it. Your told to press the button on a gismo that you hold when you hear a sound.
So in you go...door closed. The only sound you can hear is boom boom boom boom... thats your heart beating ! No joke haha.
So you hear a few things in your ears then your left then your right then your left and so on...
out you pop and the lady will tell you its ok.
Back to your seat for another wait.......tick tock.......then you'll be called back to another room for blood pressure..oh and dont forget the wee in a cup
Back to your seat for another few mins then you'll be called to anither room for lung capacity. All you do there is blow in a tube that resembles a hoover tube ! Guess what....back to your seat.

Then up you go upstairs.
The doctor awaits you ! Oh and you've to take off your clothes and put on fabulous robes. Where's the slippers ??
So into the doctor. Blood pressure again, or maybe that was just me cause my bp is low normally but it was v.high that day. Then your asked to touch your toes and to hop up onto the bed. Get your boobies checked (if your a girl of course). Then....what else.....oh yea.. eye test. Theres a machine in the corner. You sit at that and you place your eyes and forehead onto it. I guess it would feel like a swimming mask thingy. Then it's like looking into a kleidaskope. There are numbers at the bottom. Its not all that difficult to be honest. Oh yea...your weighed up there too if I remember correctly.

Then you're told if you pass.
I think thats pretty much it to be honest.

if ive forgotten anything someone add it in there

Then you head over to the other end of the building to get a date for your pct and thats you

sorry for all that. I tried to fit in as much to help

ann.lewis wrote: »

Whoops.. knew id forget something. Yep..they take a look in your mouth.
It wouldn't do any harm to get a check up. Specially if you are questioning if you'd pass. If I went in kinda worrying about something that I could fix but didn't and I didn't pass...id be really annoyed at myself. Specially after passing the tests and interview. To have to go back to the beginning again cause I didn't do something...dya know ?

I know I'll be taking a trip to the dentist in the next few weeks. Even if I dont pass the apt test at least my teeth will be nice
ive already got my eyes done.

ann.lewis wrote: »

Cool.. almost ready so.

I was worried about my weight the last time but I lost a good bit before it and have kept it off since. The hearing test is a little tricky cause you think you hear something and then you're like yea...I did hear something, oh I defo hear something, click the button quick !