David Forrest

MEDICAL RÉSUMÉ COVER LETTER After my first (insert month) 2000 experience as a Student Emergency Medical Technician I realized that a career as a medical professional was the one occupation I desired most in life. During one of the first calls I was tasked to hold the hand of an auto crash victim while emergency road personnel extricated her from a badly mangled vehicle. This small act of compassion appeared to make a comforting difference to the victim, and gave me a sense of gentleness and compassion which I’d not previously experienced. Since that first crash there have been many other accidents and many other traumatic events in which I’ve played increasingly active roles; however, that initial sense of fulfillment and personal satisfaction has never slackened, nor left me. In fact, if anything, it has increased. In an often catastrophic medical environment, frequently filled with distressed and injured people, I found (and find) myself increasingly anxious to participate and become more and more involved. As time passed and my experience increased I began to thrive on the useful satisfactions derived from on-demand critical thinking; and alacritous, fast-paced, medical care - Care that mitigated pain and suffering in others, and happily often saved lives. Through one emergency call Page 1 after another my desire to become increasingly useful, proficient, and excel continued to grow, and inspired me to move forward with my medical education. Initially I attended college as an international student. I graduated in 2005; and, for a variety of reasons, I was unable to immediately begin medical school; but I, nevertheless, stayed close to my chosen career choice. First I became a Paramedic; and, shortly thereafter, I became an emergency room Registered Nurse. I joined the United States Army in 2010, and served in the Army Nurses Corps. Shortly afterward I became an American citizen, and began medical school. While attending med. school I remained active in emergency medicine, and continued to work as a: Registered Nurse, (college campus) Paramedic, as well as an Instructor for the university’s Medical Emergency Club. Between academic training in medical school and the continued clinical challenges I was regularly exposed to in and around campus, I found myself developing an increasingly intimate, almost intuitive, understanding of what needed to be done, as well as where and how to focus my developing perception, and rapidly increasing medical skill sets. As an example I’ll offer an experience I had with an older patient who suffered a small, but devastating, gastric leak shortly after undergoing gastric bypass surgery. Intubated and sedated he was generally lethargic and unable to speak. Acquired experience had already taught me that, oftentimes, patients who appear to be incommunicado are still aware and retain a large percentage of their cognitive functions. After observing this man for a while I began talking to him just as if we were communicating together, normally. He recovered, was discharged, and went home. Some weeks later he returned to the Page 2 hospital for a followup visit. During this visit he thanked me for the manner in which I’d treated him, and the time I’d spent both caring for as well as talking to him. He seemed to remember a good deal of what I’d said, and was very grateful! I, also, learned another valuable lesson for myself in how an ailing patient should be ministered to: Always graciously, and with benign gentle respect! My fondest occupational desire is to become a well-rounded, insightful, compassionate, and consummately effective Emergency Room Physician. I have learned that one of life’s most satisfying experiences is to play a necessary role in the relief of pain and trauma in others. The more well-rounded, the greater the variety of experience I’m able to gain towards this goal, the better! I believe the presently available residency program will help me to achieve this prized goal. I am possessed of a strong personal work ethic, as well as an attentive, somewhat reflective, professional working demeanor. I am anxious to continue learning; and I am willing to do more than my full share in order to achieve the goal of becoming a trauma specialist and emergency room physician. As emergency medicine continues to evolve and adapt to current healthcare needs and trends, personal attributes like those I’ve been acquiring these past 15 years are paramount to the continued provision of outstanding, cost efficient, and sustainable medical care. Care that I, very much, want to be an integral part of! Finis: Client’s draft has been proofed for: spelling, syntax, and grammar. 743 Words, 12 Paragraphs, 3,856 Characters w/o Spaces, & 3 Pages. Page 3