Paramedic Job Shadowing

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The rush of adrenalin traveling throughout your body because of the unknown and the overwhelming satisfaction you get from saving a life. The following is an example of what a paramedic faces for their job and the type of environment that I find intriguing. At the beginning of the semester, once I found out about the job shadow, I saw this assignment as an opportunity. I saw it as an opportunity to explore a career that I could potentially be interested in, in the future. I hope to narrow down my career and hope that shadowing a paramedic will give me an idea of what career that I could possibly have. Therefore, my plan is to narrow down my career by researching my career, looking for potential colleges, preparing myself for the job shadow, …show more content…

A paramedic has a generous amount of responsibilities ahead of themselves. They care for the sick or injured in emergency medical settings. They are quick to respond to emergency calls, have to be quick at performing medical services, and fast at transporting transporting patients to medical facilities. Indeed, a paramedic is a difficult job to obtain but it can be done if someone is passionate enough. Now, if I follow through with obtaining a future career with a paramedic, I intend to study at Grand Canyon University, University of Southern California, and Arizona State University. Each of the schools has great programs and all are close to home. Each has great diversity and a decent graduation rate. All schools have great accreditations and offer excellent ways to achieve my possible desired degree. I find that the following has stood out to me and has informed me that each school is a great possibility for a paramedic. After completing my research, I moved into the process of finding the perfect job shadow to do. I started first by looking online for any possible job shadows that I could do. Ill admit that finding the proper job shadow was a lot more difficult than I intended it to be. I found a few possible job shadows that I could potentially do but it never seemed to work out. The job shadow was either too far to do or not a right time to set a date to do it. Overall, it got frustrating because I could not find a job shadow with any availabilities. It seemed near impossible when finally I found a job shadow to

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