Student Combines Firefighting and Nursing
Itās never too early to start serving the community ā Alexa DāOnofrio ā27 is proof of this.
Now in her second year as a nursing student at UNH, DāOnofrio is experienced in emergency response, having served as a firefighter and emergency medical technician (EMT) in her Connecticut hometown. Sheās expanding that experience on campus through her nursing clinicals and as the newest member of the Durham Fire Departmentās call force.
DāOnofrio hopes that her passion for firefighting and nursing will help her accomplish her dream of becoming a flight nurse ā providing critical care to patients during air transport.
āItās a profession that combines nursing and emergency medicine while responding to some very traumatic scenes by helicopter,ā DāOnofrio says. āIām very comfortable at emergency scenes.ā
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