“Clear!” yelled the medical provider as the young woman laid lifelessly on the cold Emergency Department floor. My innocent face lit up as I saw how quickly she was brought back to life (motion). Immediately, I was intrigued as a young child on this modern miracle and wanted to learn about healthcare. As I approached high school, I encountered a fork in the road. Instructed to choose a high school major I was overwhelmed and perplexed(rearrange to be active). Memories of the moment with the young woman laying on the cold ED floor reoccurred. From all my options I was enticed to choose Allied Health! Through my high school major I was able to gain experience with classes such as Anatomy & Physiology early on which propelled my interest even further into healthcare. Specifically learning how to analyze and interrupt ECGs was personally eye opening. Able to correlate a patient with an elevated or depressed ST segment to a heart attack was mind boggling. Utilizing this knowledge I was able to put pieces together from my young medical mystery. Discovering the young woman had a heart attack was a long awaited diagnoses!
As I progressed through high school I gained a greater passion for health care. During 11th grade I was assigned to teach my fellow classmates on a particular health care occupation. Chosen for Physician …show more content…
We darted to the medic with lights and sirens to the scene. As a young EMT still nervous my hands shook as I put on gloves. We got to scene as paramedics started injecting epinephrine while initiating CPR. Noticing my EMT partner exhausted from compressions. I was called for a switch. Everything I learned and practiced was put into reality! I got down and compressed the pale patients chest. I began singing "Stayin ' Alive” to myself to keep me on pace. After about 5 minutes of CPR as a team. We were able to get a faint carotid pulse
As I progressed through high school I gained a greater passion for health care. During 11th grade I was assigned to teach my fellow classmates on a particular health care occupation. Chosen for Physician …show more content…
We darted to the medic with lights and sirens to the scene. As a young EMT still nervous my hands shook as I put on gloves. We got to scene as paramedics started injecting epinephrine while initiating CPR. Noticing my EMT partner exhausted from compressions. I was called for a switch. Everything I learned and practiced was put into reality! I got down and compressed the pale patients chest. I began singing "Stayin ' Alive” to myself to keep me on pace. After about 5 minutes of CPR as a team. We were able to get a faint carotid pulse