Since I was a kid I've wanted to be a doctor. Scratch that, I'm about to turn 18, I'm still a kid. Anyways, when I was 14 I shadowed a doctor in an emergency room. During my shadowing experience I saw many cool things, including brain scans, chest scans, and the like. However, I also saw a patient brought in by ambulance, suffering from a full cardiac arrest. I saw the emergency room staff come together as a team and try to save a woman's life. Chest compressions were performed, drugs were pumped through an IV, and eventually a defibrillator was used. Unfortunately, the woman was not successfully resuscitated. However, this experience showed me the darker side of being a doctor, and it showed me that I could handle the most intense situation I've ever seen with composure.