august 2011 matthew shida, fresh-faced young man, reports for duty in the e.r. scrubs, stethoscope, a badge identifying him as a p.a. a physician assistant, as close as you can come to being a doctor without an m.d. >> do you know if they're hiring here at the hospital? >> what do you want to do? >> i'm a doctor. >> reporter: like chan in "catch me if you can," sheid oozes office. >> he's very charming. >> reporter: unlike leonardo dicaprio, who gets queasy in the emergency room, sheid is drawn to the action. >> he performed procedures on patients. >> reporter: reporter nancy alvarez with channel 9 in orlando. >> this kid touched patients. this kid held a child who was getting stitches. >> he actually administered cpr? >> yes, he administered cpr to one patient. >> reporter: apparently unsatisfied, sheid demands additional privilege he kept on going back to human resources saying, i need the access. that's when they're like he's not even a physician assistant or a student. >> i appreciate you coming down. >> reporter: he talks his way from emergency room into a