Here is my personal statement below. I feel like its pretty bad. I'm at ~3300 characters and need to add a little more so this isn't the final copy I just want to know if I'm on the right track or if I need to just start over. Also, the last paragraph has a bit of attitude but idk if that's effective. Thanks for the help.
As my partner and I pulled up on scene, we knew we had our hands full. I immediately called for backup as the police officer notified us that at four different people had been injured in the accident. We began triaging our patients and decided that two patients suffered minor injuries and two had critical injuries that required immediate transport, one with major head trauma and the other with chest trauma and difficulty breathing. As our backup arrived, we removed both patients from the totaled vehicles. After safely securing each patient, I started assessing the patient with difficulty breathing as he began to lose consciousness. His breathing was shallow and labored as I administered an oropharyngeal airway and bagged him all the way to the hospital while constantly checking for a pulse. When he arrived to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in one of their trauma rooms, I was not sure if he was going to make it. My partner and I left the ER knowing we did everything were trained to do. Unfortunately, when we returned to the ER later that night, the charge nurse informed us that he had in fact passed away.
Despite the outcome, I knew I had found what I wanted to do with my life. Emergency Medicine not only challenges one to maintain composure when all odds are stacked against him or her but also demands a level of composure at all times. Furthermore, unlike other areas of medicine that deal with specific organ systems or parts of the body, an Emergency Physician deals with a brand new case each time a patient enters the doors of the ER. Each patient is completely unrelated to the next in terms of signs and symptoms as well as the severity of the injury or illness.
I have heard many of my coworkers from my rescue squad refer to their work environment as the “wilderness” in the sense that when we respond to a 9-1-1 call, anything can happen. We are not in the controlled environment of a medical facility as EMS agencies provide the beginning of patient care that is continued in a hospital or another medical setting. In the same sense, the often hectic nature of an ER forces one to adapt to an ever changing environment.
I see the doctor as being in a unique position. No other profession allows one to interact with people during what is often one of the worst periods of their lives. A doctor must deal with the patient’s health and emotional well-being as well as those of his family members. Delivering news that is hard to hear can be part of the job. As such, physicians are granted a unique opportunity to help those when they need it the most in all areas of their well-being.
As I sit here trying to think of some abstract reason I want to go to medical school to woo an admissions officer, I ask myself why not just tell the truth? Quite honestly, I want to go to medical school because it would provide me with the opportunity to pursue this dream. More than anything in the world, I want to be an Emergency Physician because I truly believe that no other medical profession deals with the wide range of complexities that is required of this profession. I want to be at the forefront of patient care, dealing with patients suffering from all kinds of illnesses. I want to be part of a team responsible for providing a high level of care during a stressful medical emergency. I want to Simply put, I want to enter Emergency Medicine for the unique opportunity to impact a patient’s life during his or her darkest hour.
As my partner and I pulled up on scene, we knew we had our hands full. I immediately called for backup as the police officer notified us that at four different people had been injured in the accident. We began triaging our patients and decided that two patients suffered minor injuries and two had critical injuries that required immediate transport, one with major head trauma and the other with chest trauma and difficulty breathing. As our backup arrived, we removed both patients from the totaled vehicles. After safely securing each patient, I started assessing the patient with difficulty breathing as he began to lose consciousness. His breathing was shallow and labored as I administered an oropharyngeal airway and bagged him all the way to the hospital while constantly checking for a pulse. When he arrived to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in one of their trauma rooms, I was not sure if he was going to make it. My partner and I left the ER knowing we did everything were trained to do. Unfortunately, when we returned to the ER later that night, the charge nurse informed us that he had in fact passed away.
Despite the outcome, I knew I had found what I wanted to do with my life. Emergency Medicine not only challenges one to maintain composure when all odds are stacked against him or her but also demands a level of composure at all times. Furthermore, unlike other areas of medicine that deal with specific organ systems or parts of the body, an Emergency Physician deals with a brand new case each time a patient enters the doors of the ER. Each patient is completely unrelated to the next in terms of signs and symptoms as well as the severity of the injury or illness.
I have heard many of my coworkers from my rescue squad refer to their work environment as the “wilderness” in the sense that when we respond to a 9-1-1 call, anything can happen. We are not in the controlled environment of a medical facility as EMS agencies provide the beginning of patient care that is continued in a hospital or another medical setting. In the same sense, the often hectic nature of an ER forces one to adapt to an ever changing environment.
I see the doctor as being in a unique position. No other profession allows one to interact with people during what is often one of the worst periods of their lives. A doctor must deal with the patient’s health and emotional well-being as well as those of his family members. Delivering news that is hard to hear can be part of the job. As such, physicians are granted a unique opportunity to help those when they need it the most in all areas of their well-being.
As I sit here trying to think of some abstract reason I want to go to medical school to woo an admissions officer, I ask myself why not just tell the truth? Quite honestly, I want to go to medical school because it would provide me with the opportunity to pursue this dream. More than anything in the world, I want to be an Emergency Physician because I truly believe that no other medical profession deals with the wide range of complexities that is required of this profession. I want to be at the forefront of patient care, dealing with patients suffering from all kinds of illnesses. I want to be part of a team responsible for providing a high level of care during a stressful medical emergency. I want to Simply put, I want to enter Emergency Medicine for the unique opportunity to impact a patient’s life during his or her darkest hour.
