Garda Recruitment - Stage 3a - Medical Examination

cathalfeely

hi am just looking to know what they think is a good bmi down in the medical???i am 6 foot 6 and weigh 17 and a half stone....this may sound alot but i do not think that i am overweight and play sports and go to the gym etc regulary....do u think my bmi is too high???also i am a smoker and maybe smoke 15 a day!!!!!was just wondering if there are any other smokers out there that have paast the medical???

Dr_MaSoN

cathalfeely wrote: »

hi am just looking to know what they think is a good bmi down in the medical???i am 6 foot 6 and weigh 17 and a half stone....this may sound alot but i do not think that i am overweight and play sports and go to the gym etc regulary....do u think my bmi is too high???also i am a smoker and maybe smoke 15 a day!!!!!was just wondering if there are any other smokers out there that have paast the medical???

your BMI is around 28 or tiny bit higher, which im almost sure is ok once its under 30. As you play sports and gym you should be fine for the lung capacity test.

ojewriej

Im a smoker, about half a pack a day, passed both medical and physical no problem.

Well, medical i passed no problem, physicall I just passed.

cathalfeely

ojewriej wrote: »

Im a smoker, about half a pack a day, passed both medical and physical no problem.

Well, medical i passed no problem, physicall I just passed.

thanks dude,that is a big worry off my shoulders...just wish my school exams would hurry up and be recognised (im from the north)...they cannot issue me the result of the interview until my exams a re recognised..

scullersky

Im bellow average in the Lung Capacity Test does anyone no hoe i mite be able to inprove it ?????:D;)

srdb20

Tommy-Kerry wrote: »

Im bellow average in the Lung Capacity Test does anyone no hoe i mite be able to inprove it ?????:D;)

Swimming!!!!

scullersky

srdb20 wrote: »

Swimming!!!!

Im not a good swimmer anything else............... ?:D

Dr_MaSoN

http://www.wikihow.com/Increase-Your-Lung-Capacity

ojewriej

cathalfeely wrote: »

thanks dude,that is a big worry off my shoulders...just wish my school exams would hurry up and be recognised (im from the north)...they cannot issue me the result of the interview until my exams a re recognised..

Do you have to do it throuh nqai as well?

Because thy slowed down things form me big time, each time I had to deal with them.

They also lost my papers - so make sure to keep an ey on them.

cathalfeely

ojewriej wrote: »

Do you have to do it throuh nqai as well?

Because thy slowed down things form me big time, each time I had to deal with them.

They also lost my papers - so make sure to keep an ey on them.

Yeh they have slowed it down big time...i phoned public appoinments and they told me they have my result but cannot not send out the results until nqai have recognised them.i have my eyes set on the august intake all going well but when i phoned nqai and asked would they be recognised by august they never said they just said "we would like to hope so." So i sent them an email today asking for a basic time i would be waiting as it is depending on my career.A few people form my town in fermanagh (now in the gardai) were only waiting two weeks,its been over a month for me now. Did u do gcse's and a-levels???if so what you do and how long you have to wait??

ojewriej

No, I'm polish, we have a completely different system. Our grades are not A to F but 1 to 6 (6 being the best), and that's just a minor diffewrence. Mine took almost 3 months to recognise, if i remember correctly.

alphabravo

Tommy-Kerry wrote: »

Im not a good swimmer anything else............... ?:D

jogging / running:D

Mark63

pvt.joker wrote: »

well i got my laser surgery on my eye on friday, so today is the first day i can look at a pc screen properly. Vision is already almost perfect in it, and thats only after 2 days. Its supposed to improve for 2 weeks after the operation.
So the countdown is on now until 6 weeks after the operation date, when I can contact HQ with the results and tell them to give me my PCT and start date or else

Glad to hear all went well.

I get mine done this weekend. I presume you went with the LASEK? How were the first couple of days after the op - very sore? Did you take time off work afterwards?

\Electra\

kaizersoze1980 wrote: »

Im stuck here for a while!
Had a consultation this morning for eye surgery and I'm a suitable candidate for it, so its going ahead next Friday. After that I have to wait 6 weeks then give a report of my then perfect(hopefully!) vision to the medical officer, who will then give me a date for my PCT.

All my background checks are clear already so this time 7 weeks I will hopefully have a offer for August 6th

Hi Kaizersoze i jus had laser eye surgery done six weeks ago and i have twenty twenty vision now but im just wondering do we have to redo the medical after we submit the opthalmic report or do we we just go straight into the PCT presuming that eyesight was the only issue in the medical??:cool:

cpstears

Just back from the medical it lasted from 0830 till 1220 when I walked back out the gate.

Overall I thought it was a very fair process and the staff of the Medical centre were lovely.

Booked for June for the PCT.

\Electra\

cathalfeely wrote: »

hi am just looking to know what they think is a good bmi down in the medical???i am 6 foot 6 and weigh 17 and a half stone....this may sound alot but i do not think that i am overweight and play sports and go to the gym etc regulary....do u think my bmi is too high???also i am a smoker and maybe smoke 15 a day!!!!!was just wondering if there are any other smokers out there that have paast the medical???

Hey cathal

if ya want to work out your bmi i mass index weight just google a bmi mass calculator and type your weight and height into it and it will give ya a bmi no. and if its in between 20 to 25 your healthy enough!!:p

pvt.joker

\Electra\ wrote: »

Hi Kaizersoze i jus had laser eye surgery done six weeks ago and i have twenty twenty vision now but im just wondering do we have to redo the medical after we submit the opthalmic report or do we we just go straight into the PCT presuming that eyesight was the only issue in the medical??:cool:

no need to redo the medical I have been told by 2 people in the medical department. Once they get the report we can then be issued with a date for a PCT immediatly.
Have you submitted your report yet?

srdb20

Passed the medical lads, PCT in June, Savage!!!!!:D

P.s Kaizer, whats with the name change????

scullersky

Id say ill need to get the LASER SURGEY done does anyone no who does it? & do they have a website?? My BMI is 19 so im grand out there lol......:D;)

diepolizei

Tommy-Kerry wrote: »

Id say ill need to get the LASER SURGEY done does anyone no who does it? & do they have a website?? My BMI is 19 so im grand out there lol......:D;)

Blackrock Clinic do it - http://www.blackrock-clinic.ie/Eye-laser

pvt.joker

srdb20 wrote: »

Passed the medical lads, PCT in June, Savage!!!!!:D

P.s Kaizer, whats with the name change????

Nice one! PCT for me hopefully end of June, ill have my consultants report by then. Its a killer waiting another 5 weeks when i know my eyesight is perfect now! I just hope there are still places left for the august intake by the time i do my PCT (probably very early July/ late June)
:eek:

srdb20

pvt.joker wrote: »

Nice one! PCT for me hopefully end of June, ill have my consultants report by then. Its a killer waiting another 5 weeks when i know my eyesight is perfect now! I just hope there are still places left for the august intake by the time i do my PCT (probably very early July/ late June)
:eek:

Ah man i can definitely see there being places left.... Roll on August!!!!

pvt.joker

srdb20 wrote: »

Ah man i can definitely see there being places left.... Roll on August!!!!

Too right! Can't wait.

pvt.joker

srdb20 wrote: »

P.s Kaizer, whats with the name change????

i got banned from the soccer forum, so just decided to make up a new account :cool:

srdb20

Good Stuff, man.

What kind of training are you doing for the PCT?

Paolo5

Howya lads

For those doing medicals how long after your results did you get a call?

I passed Stage 2 about 4 weeks ago and notification of my passing only reached the GS this week which is really slow.

Cheers

Haz33

Tommy-Kerry wrote: »

Id say ill need to get the LASER SURGEY done does anyone no who does it? & do they have a website?? My BMI is 19 so im grand out there lol......:D;)

Hi Tommy. I think it was you I was talking to?
Laser surgery will not correct a lazy eye eye, it will only correct a prescription in that eye! Dont know if this helps you or not?

kmurray

anyone know where i get the number for hq

or even better anyone got it

and yes i checked the phone book

quirkek2

kmurray wrote: »

anyone know where i get the number for hq

or even better anyone got it

and yes i checked the phone book

Golden pages online has all the garda numbers. HQ is 6660000.

blue2b

hey guys .passed medical yesterday.its such a relief . the doc was bit grumpy . but then again, so would anyone, if the had to check 20 sets of balls for the day!
pct in june
thay also rang me yesterday evenin to say background checks were done and offered me a place on august 5 if i pass pct.finally i can see the finishin line!
to all waitin- hang on in there. it will be worth the wait .and good luck.....