Student Combines Firefighting and Nursing
It’s never too early to start serving the community — Alexa D’Onofrio ‘27 is proof of this.
Now in her second year as a nursing student at UNH, D’Onofrio is experienced in emergency response, having served as a firefighter and emergency medical technician (EMT) in her Connecticut hometown. She’s expanding that experience on campus through her nursing clinicals and as the newest member of the Durham Fire Department’s call force.
D’Onofrio hopes that her passion for firefighting and nursing will help her accomplish her dream of becoming a flight nurse — providing critical care to patients during air transport.
“It’s a profession that combines nursing and emergency medicine while responding to some very traumatic scenes by helicopter,” D’Onofrio says. “I’m very comfortable at emergency scenes.”
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