Essay On Being A Paramedic

Paramedic

Ever since I was young I have always been interested In figuring out how crazy and interesting it would be to be a paramedic, I was once told “follow your dreams, and don’t let anything or anyone get in the way”, and I didn’t and haven’t. After a while, I did look into it and knew this is what I wanted to be. As time passed, my best friend had passed on December 15, 2012 my freshman year and I went into depression, I lost myself and was figuring out if this is really what I want to do with my life. I dropped out of school and started doing online because I couldn’t have walked the halls without her, but that did no good for me, so as you see I’m back to school on my senior year, and trying to do the best I can. At the time I didn’t even know if I could actually be in the position to see someone and actually go through by being there and trying to save someone’s life, like how bad it would be not not be able to save them, just how they couldn’t save my bestfriend because it was too late. I realized that, If she was still here she wouldn’t want me to give up something I have always dreamed of doing. I didn’t let it stop me, and know that she would be more then happy for me.

Being a paramedic is having to go to school for 6 months to one year to prepare and pass the EMT certification exam, but to complete the training program it takes within 2 years and it consists of about 1,200 hours of coursework, labs and internships.

Also would have to pass the International or state exam to become certified, complete advanced EMT training which is optional. Being a paramedic does a lot for the society not because it’s there job but because it’s what they enjoy doing for the society. If it wasn’t for all the paramedics, who would be saving people’s lives? they are always there as soon as they get called for an emergency. No matter what, they always try the hardest they can to make the people survive and to make sure they

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okay in the position they are in. Knowing this job would be so hard, but everything takes practice, and as soon as you find yourself around it you will have everything down, and under control. You can’t just give up because things get hard, pushing yourself is what makes you a better person at the end and you would feel so accomplished.
It all started around the 1970’s when the origin word Paramedic came around, It came from the Military, they were trained medics that would be parachuted into emergency areas and were always ready to treat the patient(s). It grew out by the Military medics, every time there would be an emergency they would call the Paramedics right away. It comes to say, as young children get older they announce “I want to be a paramedic” so the saying is there to stay. There has been a lot of change over the years, everything isn’t how it use to be. For example, better hospitals, more certified paramedics, medicine, and most definitely an upgrade on the paramedic mobiles, etc. It’s all different. Currently in the paramedic field, teamwork keeps the crew stronger, If becoming a paramedic is having to be passionate about helping others, feeling comfortable doing it, and should be able to handle stress. If wanting to work as a paramedic you have to pass the background check, medical examination, and physical performance test.
The paramedic future has openings for full-time and part time, but the growth would be with more car crashes, violence, diseases and etc. with the growth of age would be more heart attacks and strokes because of how much bigger the population gets. Over the years, they have more opportunities, and more openings for paramedics, It gives them a better chance. You have to be able to stay calm at all times, work indoors and out in all kinds of weather, and to be able to listen. Paramedics deal with threats and attacks on the daily basis, they deal with extreme situations like accidents and suicides, having to be very careful with everything because one single mistake can cause consequences, and every now and then they face with false alarms even pranks. Always caring and understanding the situation, as they stress all the time involving life or death situations, paramedics have one of the biggest jobs by having to do so much and learn so much within the time they have been in school and in training, and having to study so much but it's all worth it at the end because being able to be there when it’s needed is an amazing feeling no matter how extreme the situation is.
On October 25th Heather Anderson was interviewed said it was long hours of work, boredom, and very tense. She loved knowing that “you don’t know what's going to happen next, knowing that she was able to touch someone’s life” (Anderson) and they remember it forever. She would get asked to transfer patients to the very best hospital around because the medical condition is too difficult to manage. (Heather) had to become an EMT which is a 6 month course, than she had to do the paramedic training which is 18 months to two years, a 2-4 year college degree program which is very common. What she found more difficult of challenge was the medical problems patients had because it requires a lot of critical thinking, and problem solving. She found it very nice to get a “thank you” every now and then from patients that she had, because that doesn’t happen very often. It is all mostly life and death emergencies that you will be receiving and saving lives every day, but it's also mainly helping people. She loved knowing that no matter how stressful the job was she wouldn’t want to do anything else, she enjoys every second she spends and spent too become a paramedic.

On October 27th John Curtis said that the hardest part of the job was not being able to save someone’s life, being able not to do anything about because of the situation the patient was in, or because it was too late. He worked very hard to do what he has always been wanting to do, a paramedic. It got hard at times and handling the stress especially but that it was all worth it at the end. Being able to help patients, and making sure they were okay was the best feeling for him knowing he did something good, not for him but for the patients as well. After the whole training, doing the program and actually starting it will get difficult, intense and very emotional. Once you are doing it for a couple of years you will have everything in control and will be able to control the stress more. He absolutely loves doing what he does and how much time he took to get to where he is now in life.