Why becoming a Cardiac Catherization Technician is Important to me?
Why becoming a Cardiac Catherization Specialists is Important to me?
Introduction
Thomas Hardy (1891) in his novel, ‘Tess of the d’Urbervilles explained that,
The beauty or ugliness of a character
Lay no tin its achievements, but in its aims and impulses;
Its true History not among things done; but among things willed.
(Hardy, 1891).
With these stirring words I wish to embrace the task of explaining why becoming a Cardiac Catherization Technician is important to me at this stage of my social, spiritual and physical development. As the words of the lyrics emphasized the beauty lies not in achievements but more precisely in aims and impulses. Clearly, my impulse tells me that this is what I must be doing and the aim is to become a technician in what I do.
As such, in the following pages of this discourse, evidently, I would be projecting my gifts, talents, and virtues, which form the foundation for me making the decision that becoming a Cardiac Catherization technician is very important to me, now.
My gifts
As a child, one of my greatest passions was teaching what I learnt at school everyday. When I got home I would force my parents to listen to all I did in class and recall my successes in getting high grades for my completed work. They would be amazed at the way I would retell all the stories and have them try working out the mathematical problem I did in class that day.
It was then that I realized my gift of teaching. At first I did say that I wanted to be a teacher.
My Talents
Growing up, presenting my teaching skills wherever I went, it dawned on me that there must be something, specifically, that I really liked to teach. As I researched myself by age ten the realization came that I was intrigued looking at and contemplating on parts of the human body, especially, the heart.
I loved the shape and would try drawing my heart from a folded fist. The great blood vessels stood out for me, such as the huge aorta and large pulmonary veins as I learnt back then in eight grade. It was powerful for me to know that every human has one heart and when heart failure occurs one subsequently dies.
Often I wondered how all of us can keep our heart healthy, so that it would not fail and we live a long progressive life. Then, I learnt from my human anatomy/ physiology classes about blood vessels occluding and people die due to blockage in the great aorta and pulmonary veins. My concern was aroused in finding out how I can be of service to humanity in this regard.
Then my talent for obtaining and sharing knowledge emerged as I became hungry for learning as I experimented with pictures of the heart trying to visualize how these vessels can be reopened when they become blocked. From my own inside the closet experiments I developed the love of trying to open these blood vessels. I used to create a heart out of plasticine, build the aorta and pulmonary veins and tried passing tooth picks through them as if to keep them constantly open since I did not want my patients to die. By the time I graduated High school my friends and siblings nickname me cardiologists.
Virtues I Posses
Importantly, besides my gift of teaching along with the talent of researching, obtaining and imparting knowledge I am sure becoming a Cardiac Catherization Technician is a unique profession whereby I can express my gifts and talents. However there is much more to me as a person, which I know can contribute greatly to choosing this vocation.
In our society to day many people become sick due to loneliness lack of love and rejection. From further reading I learnt that many heart conditions emanate from lack of love and rejection. As such, my caring, loving and helpful attitude towards patients daily will provide some scope of healing even though it might be momentarily to help them laugh their way back into feeling accepted and loved.
Why this profession is important to me now?
Duties of Invasive cardiovascular technologist require that they work with cardiologist during Catherization procedures. These techniques involve insertion of small tube, called a catheter, into the Patient’s join and threaded into the heart to determine whether there are blockages in the heart (The Society of invasive Cardiovascular Professionals, 2012)
My impulse has led me into furthering my studies going beyond learning this technique towards becoming a cardiovascular specialist. Therefore, at this point in my career development it is imperative that I undertake the journey of learning these techniques and work along side cardiologists from whom I can gain valuable experiences.
Conclusion
In concluding I am sure that you must agree with me that my teaching gift, accompanying the ability to research, compile new knowledge and imparting it, along with my fine virtues of being helpful, cooperative and loving are representative of one who would be worthy of embarking in a professional practice of Cardiac Catherization Technician.
References
Hardy Thomas (1891) Tess of the d’Urbervilles. New York. Harper and Bros
The Society of invasive Cardiovascular Professionals (2012) About SICP. Retrieved on 2nd
March, 2012 from http://www.sicp.com/content/about-sicp
