Athletic Trainer Personal Statement

My name is Gia McGee and I am a licensed Athletic trainer in 4 states; California, Georgia, New York and Florida. Since I was a little girl I always had dreams of becoming a doctor, It was not until my senior year of high school when I took a sports medicine class that I found out I wanted to become an Athletic trainer. Once it was time for me to begin college I decided to start off at a community college, I began at Jackson Community College, in Jackson MI after my first year I transferred to SVSU, Saginaw Valley State University to pursue my career in sports medicine in hopes of becoming an athletic trainer. I began taking basic science medicine classes such as Kinesiology, bio-chemics and exercise physiology. I was working towards my bachelor’s
On average most athletic trainers earn up to $44,720, on average I make about $50,740. One day on August 14, 2013 while I was in Florida I was called off of break early for a fractured elbow injury during practice on one of the wide receivers. When I arrived at the scene of the injured athlete he was laying on a stretcher with his arm wrapped around his chest. I walked up to the injured athlete and gently caressed the injured elbow to feel for any tender spots. He told me he felt the tenderness pain right above the elbow. I asked him to try and wiggle his fingers and he moved them slightly, then I ask him to proceed in moving his wrist back in forth in an extension and flexion form. When I asked him to outstretch his arm he tried failing and immediately moving it back into the position it began. The athlete John Sorriento a 32 year old wide receiver fell on his elbow during practice while running to catch a ball he tripped and went to land on his elbows when he hit the ground on the bone above his elbow and it immediately
Sorriento’s injury and diagnosing his injury we wrapped his arm in a sling and sent him home to come in for a x-ray and check up for the next day at 1:00pm. That morning I sat on the phone and spoke to Mr. Sorriento’s physician on the phone we both decided that because of the severity of his injury he might have to sit out of the season for at least 9 to 10 months at the most, surgery may be needed and he would defiantly need athletic training. When I spoke to Mr. Sorriento he did not like the idea of sitting out for 4 to 5 months but he was willing to do anything he could to get his arm back to its normal state so he could begin playing again. After performing the x-rays on his arm I discovered that due to small fragments in his elbow and the dislocation of the lower bone in his elbow he may have to sit out for about 7 to 8 months and he would need surgery and also he would have to visit me at least 3 times a week for about 7 to 8