Essay On A Tragic Moment Of My Life

Attention Catcher / Listener Relevance: Are you ready to save someone’s life. Just imagine you’re walking down a street or park and you see a person just collapse. You probably run up to the person to check for breathing or a heartbeat. Then call 9-1-1. People who suffered from cardiac arrest are most likely not surrounded by doctors, or nurses, or EMT personnel.

While everyone was running around scared and frantic, I remained calm and observed the situation. Times like those are challenging because you feel like you need to help, but can’t really do anything. That was amplified for me due to my only being 7 years old. My mom and aunt were helping the man, and I had never admired them more than in that moment. My mom and I found out later on the evening news that the young man had somehow lived, but was in critical condition. He had several broken bones, a collapsed lung, and as previously stated an acute subdural hematoma. It was a miracle the man survived. The efforts of all those who helped, my mom and the other caring citizens, the first responders, and the amazing medical staff, saved that man’s life. That’s what I aspire to do. I want to save peoples life, but I understand that the outcome of the day could have been very different. I will not be able to save all of my future patients, but I can try my best and do everything in my

It was new year's day and my family and I were at a party, but the party was about over and we were packing up our cooler and the food we brought to head home. My dad and my mom got it all back in the car and my brother, my sister, and I piled in and we headed home. Once we got home we unloaded the car quickly because we were all tired and wanted to go to bed. All of us knew the next day was going to be super exciting because we were going to a fourwheeler hill climb place for the first time.

me going to Kings Island with my mom and my friends and the youth group in church. There 2 vans and 3 other cars but in the cars where the families that wanted to come along. And in the 1 of the vans all girls obviously i was in that one with me mom, and in the other van were all the guys of youth group. I feel like the only reason it took 3 hours to get to Kings Island was because we stopped at McDonald’s and honestly i was super hungry.

The day started off normally. I got to the station early at 0645 and started to talk to some of the guys working. There were a couple guys I just met that day. Then I started to get all my stuff ready for the day. I put all my gear on the ambulance and started on the daily checks for our rig. The daily checks consist of checking the lights and sirens, fluids, and making sure all our supplies are in the compartments and in the bags. As I started going through the monitor bag with the electrocardiogram (EKG), we get a call to a male in his 40’s unresponsive and not breathing. Everyone jumped into the rigs and we rushed off to the scene code three. We were en route to a residence to the south. When we arrived we looked for the address but it did not

Standing in front of me was a man with congestive heart failure, leaving him with swollen legs he could barely feel. A friend of his at the non-profit organization that hosts the clinic sat next to him and helped him out of his seat. The man had a stroke a few days prior due and came into the clinic to receive a nebulizer treatment for the asthma he developed along with his prolonged heart condition.

A paramedic saved my life when I was nine. I lived in Charlottesville, Virginia; The place of my birth. It wasn’t the best day, I had gotten into an argument with my birthfather. He was threatening to hurt my little brother, and I couldn’t let that happen. So I attacked him with all of my strength. As you can imagine, a nine year old is not very strong. I came out bruised and bloody, with a painful burn on my leg from a cigarette. However, I had accomplished my goal, my brother was safe. My lip and nose were bleeding, and I remember feeling disoriented. I managed to get myself to the kitchen, that’s where the phone was. I hesitated, because it was against the rules to use the phone, but my teacher at school

It was my first time volunteering overnight at the Ambulance Corps. At this particular time, I have already been an EMT for about 3 years and a CPR instructor for about a year. Call comes in about 3 am for a 50 year old man who has trouble breathing. My crew and I are the first on scene. As my partner is gathering all the equipment to bring inside the house, I run inside. First, I meet the man’s wife who quickly, guides me into their bedroom, where the man is lying in bed. “Hello, I am Brooke! I am an EMT, what is going on tonight sir?” No response. Immediately, I check for a pulse and respirations. No pulse nor respirations. It is in this moment where I put him on the ground and conducted CPR on a real person for the first time.

I howled out loud and begged him to wake up as I felt I was at a loss. I didn't know this man, but I longed so hard for his survival. When the ambulance showed up the man displayed mild responsiveness, however I worried that he was not going to make it. As I looked at his beaten body being carted away, I felt my whole perception of the world

In 2007, as my dad, my sister and I walked through a parking lot, I felt a tug on my arm; it was my dad saving my life. I watched as the tire of

In 2014 my friend invited me to go to six flags in chicago for 3 days i said yeah so i went home and asked my mom and she said yes so i started packing. I went to school the next day and me and ethan gave the office our pass to leave early and Ethan's mom texted him and said she's there so we left and went to his house and we thought that we were all ready to go until his brother needed to pack still so we went down stairs into the basement and played his xbox for 30 minutes and then we went upstairs to see when we're going and we look out the window and we seen that they rented a minivan so it could fit very one going so when we go in the minivan we all fit in there just perfect so we got going and we stopped at a gas station

The room was swarming. My heart raced as I watched. I had lost track of myself until the orders of a nurse brought me back. “Jack, grab the crash cart!” she exclaimed while performing compressions. I sprinted to the nurse’s station, grabbed the crash cart, and sprinted back. I retook my position and continued to watch. The patient regained her pulse only to lose it again minutes later. After an additional fifteen minutes of compressions she was back. Relief flooded my body. At the time I didn’t feel anything other than futility, the adrenaline seemed to have numbed most of my thoughts. Later that night I kept replaying the entire scene in my head. I could vividly remember the family crying outside, the efficiency with which the physicians worked, and a strong feeling of helplessness I felt at the time, wanting to help, but being unable to do so was infuriating. I could not stop thinking about. About a week later I came to the conclusion that what I had witnessed was something beautiful. Everyone in that room was dedicated to saving this person’s life. This was their job, and it was nothing short of heroism. Even more heartening was the humanity of it all. Witnessing those physicians, having dedicated their lives to be there at that moment to save this person’s life was truly inspiring.

Most certifying organizations require candidates to have a high school diploma, be certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and pass an exam. All certification exams have a written component, and some

Something critical and traumatic happened to me today on my way home from my Marathon training. I was hit by a car. Life is to precious and short to waste. One minute I am hugging my sweetest and greatest friend and next thing you know I am in the hospital bed. Say I love you to the ones your love cause you never know when it will be your last.

Let's hope you are never in a situation where someone is in need of CPR. CPR stands for "Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation". If you are CPR certified, you then have the ability to save an individuals life. As an Emergency Medical Technician,I went through special training, where I was required to have learn how to preform CPR.