• Question: Have any of you ever used morphine on a patient and how did you become a scientist

    Asked by The Real Muntaz to Greg, Jen, Laura, Mobeen, Paul on 9 Mar 2016.
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      Greg Melia answered on 9 Mar 2016:


      I’ve never used morphine on a patient, no. I’ve had morphine myself though, after I once got run over by a car!

      As for how I became a scientist, I decided to do a PhD, which is a research degree, because I decided it would be really interesting to take a long look at a scientific problem and really, really understand it. Once you have your PhD, it shows you can work well on a scientific project, so more science jobs are open to you than before.

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      Paul O'Mahoney answered on 9 Mar 2016:


      I have never had to use morphine on a patient! Most of us here are researchers so wouldn’t really deal with things like anaesthetics.

      I became a scientist by trying hard at school and getting enough grades to study at University. I was lucky enough to do a PhD after my degree, which set me down the route of becoming a scientist!

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      Laura Haworth answered on 9 Mar 2016:


      No I haven’t given morphine to a patient but I see a number of patients who are on morphine.

      I became a scientist after having such a passion from a young age and knew I wanted a career within this area so went on to do a science related degree-biomedical science and now on a scientific training programme which allows me to get work based practice as scientist within the hospital whilst working towards a masters.

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      Jen Lowe answered on 9 Mar 2016:


      As a physicist I am not allowed near the drugs! I would be struck off as a clinical scientist if I ever messed with hospital drugs.
      I became a scientist through lots of hard work and my choice of subjects at A level and then choosing a physics degree.

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