Personal Essay: A Career In Medicine

The military made me the man I am today. It gave me the tools to help me succeeded in life and the medical knowledge to succeed in the classroom and different health settings. It is because of the military I wanted to become a PA. During my almost 5 years of service. I served with the best nurses, PA’s, and doctors. They taught me everything I know and then some. Everything to inserting a proper IV to ensuring proper medication administration and so much more.
When I was 19 I had a Lieutenant who was one of the registered nurses on the floor that I worked on. While on the floor a corpsman and nurse would usually be paired up to deal with patients. She was usually my nurse most nights. I was good at my position when it came to medical hands on techniques like blood draws or IV’s and even the most experience nurses would even ask for my help some times, which made me feel very appreciated for my skills. However I lacked the knowledge and science behind the procedures. Like why are we hanging this bag new bag of antibiotics instead of the old one? She help me understand the science behind certain medications and other procedures like blood infusions or wound care. I think the most important thing she taught me was how to approach different situations and always
I was sent to the USC+LAC trauma hospital in Los Angeles for additional training. It is there where I saw a couple PA’s in action I wanted the titled. Daryll was his name he was part of an orthopedic team in the “green section” of the emergency room. I shadowed him for a night. Watching everything he did. His job was basically a lot of casting and splits, with the occasional suturing and of course a lot of paper work. He describe what PA’s do and how they function. Relieving some of load off of doctors. After my training was over in LA. I proceeded to try and get as much clinical time as I could with the PA at my clinic back in