If I want to choose one of the most challenging tasks that I have done in my career or my study journey, I’d like to describe the very first time that I had to perform CPR on a patient. By CPR, I mean Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. I’m a medical doctor and it goes back to my internship period. And I vividly remember that I was on a midnight shift and it was one of the first shifts that I had in my, in the teaching hospitals where I began, I had begun my clinical rotations And then a nurse called me and asked for an immediate intervention for a patient who experienced cardiac arrest. First, I felt a surge of emotions, including fears, stress, and even hope. It was really hard for me because not only was it the manner of technical skills, but every moment, every second also mattered and counted. So I felt an intense pressure of, I felt intense pressure of moments and then I tried to gather my thoughts and approach the patients based on the guidelines that I had learned and hopefully the patient was back and he had begun to respond. I knew that if I hadn’t performed the CPR urgently and correctly, the patient would have died. So I felt I was overwhelmed with the sense of pride and experiencing emotionally and physically drained. I was so proud of myself and…
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If I want to choose one of the most challenging tasks that I have done in my career or my study journey, I'd like to describe the very first time that I had to perform CPR on a patient. By CPR, I mean Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. I'm a medical doctor, and it goes back to my internship period. I vividly remember that I was on a midnight shift, and it was one of the first shifts that I had in the teaching hospital where I began my clinical rotations. Then a nurse called me and asked for an immediate intervention for a patient who experienced cardiac arrest. First, I felt a surge of emotions, including fear, stress, and even hope. It was really hard for me because it was not only a matter of technical skills, but every moment, every second also mattered. I felt an intense pressure, and I tried to gather my thoughts and approach the patient based on the guidelines that I had learned. Thankfully, the patient began to respond. I knew that if I hadn't performed the CPR urgently and correctly, the patient would have died. I felt overwhelmed with a sense of pride and was emotionally and physically drained. I was so proud of myself and...
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