Whenever we rang the paramedics and they arrived on scene,
it was just like, the superheroes had arrived.
So for me, that's what I wanted to be.
That's what I wanted to do.
We go in there and we just get stuck in because we actually really believe
in what we're doing
and we know how important it is to help people who come through our doors.
I think it's very much a Hull mentality
and an attitude of like, you just get on with it.
We have a mixture of students who live within Hull
and will stay with us because they're part of the community
and they’re part of the fabric of this area.
But we're also very lucky in the fact that Hull is such a great university,
it attracts a lot of people from around the country
who come here for the university experience.
I started when I was 19,
but there are people in their late fifties who came onto the course,
and I think as a young student, you can really learn from that
and you can draw from their life experience.
There's a lot of stand out facilities, particularly
the new Allam Medical Building.
There's so many specific rooms for different specialities.
So we've got our own paediatric room and our own research
room, our own theatre room, a maternity room.
There's some really cool stuff.
I remember the first time that I was shown around here and I was quite blown away.
Some of the facilities they've got in here,
they kind of take your breath away.
You get students from all different healthcare courses all coming together
and being in the same building, being able to interact.
With a healthcare career as a career you want to pursue,
then not having the right qualifications at a point in time shouldn't be a barrier.
There are a number of different pathways and routes
into undertaking any healthcare programme now.
So with the few qualifications that I did have,
I was advised to contact the university admissions team and they recommended
to do the university certificate in health and social care practice.
I'd never heard operating department practice at all.
Something hands on, and it's something that makes a difference.
It's sort of three specialities in one.
So that means there's lots of diversity in the role.
There's always something new to get your hands on and get into.
So it's the women that I meet that just make me really,
really passionate about being a midwife, passionate about the role that I’m given.
It is such a privilege
to be allowed into families lives at such a significant time,
and whether they're
having their first baby or the 10th, it's just amazing to be a part of it.
And that is just so, so special.
I've been on some amazing placements from critical care, medicine, surgery.
I've had so many chances to develop my skills.
Yesterday was the very first time I saved someone's life.
We got a call, a cardiac arrest, so the heart had stopped working.
Using everything that I'd learned in the training at Hull,
I started CPR, chest compressions.
And then someone was told that we got the pulse...
I got goose bumps.
It was it was overwhelming. Felt amazing.
We are trying to develop our students
as creative, innovative thinkers.
I think they take that into practice, which helps to move
healthcare forward for the future.
We do work hard.
That is true, but we work hard
because working within the NHS in all roles is an incredibly rewarding job.
Being in healthcare is part of being like a massive family.
You're not separate from nurses, doctors, consultants.
You’re all sort of on the same level.
It felt like home from day one because it's just such a gorgeous place to be.
The staff here are incredible.
There are so many learning opportunities.
You will not regret it because it's just the most fantastic thing possible.
Healthcare gives me the opportunity to really like be the best person I can be.