Example Of An EMT Personal Statement

EMS

While serving as an EMT for Elgin Ambulance and Dodge Center Ambulance, I responded with my partner(s) to medical emergencies in the community. My responsibilities involved assessing patients on scene, performing interventions to stabilize their condition, and monitoring them during transport to the hospital. During calls, I would collect information from the patient, take their vital signs, perform bag valve mask ventilation, complete EKGs, insert IV needles, and administer medication as needed, including oxygen. Additional responsibilities included operating the ambulance, transferring care to the receiving facility, and completing documentation of each call.

Serving as an EMT convinced me that a career in medicine was right for me.

By serving as the right-hand person to multiple family doctors, I gain a unique insight into how they diagnose, monitor, and treat patients. I am grateful that these doctors, aware of my intent to become a physician, tell me their approach to treating different conditions. No day is exactly like any other, as we see patients from all walks of life who present with a variety of medical conditions. This breadth of patient care speaks to my curiosity in medicine, allowing me to learn about each patient and their condition. It has also been heartwarming to see firsthand the close connections patients share with their providers. Many of the patients I work with have formed a bond of deep trust with their physicians over decades and generations. I have witnessed how this can allow primary care doctors to anticipate the varied needs of each patient. A close doctor-patient relationship holds a lot of value in family medicine, and my admiration for these doctors motivates me to work to continue this pattern as a

Following a two-day course building upon my skill set as an EMT, I engaged in preventive medicine by providing demonstrators with water in the summer and hand warmers in the winter, as well as providing care for minor wounds. Medicine cannot be neutral about the impacts of racism on public health, and it meant a lot to me to transform that principle into action by providing medical mutual aid to the movement for racial