Busy Little Bear....

[clintswan]

Yesterday: One trauma Alert

3 yo female CPR prior to arrival due to MPC (motor-pedestrian collision)

5 hours of coding her....chest compressions during CT scan (Oy!)

1 in gap in skull-C1....internal decapitation (Oy!)

ICU not happy about not calling death in ER. (Oy!)

Last Night: Four trauma alerts (Oy!)

pre-teenager and 6 mo. baby sister involved in MVC (motor-vehicle collision)

Both ejected. prolonged extraction of parents. Father DOS (Dead on scene) Mother taken to adult facility next door to us. Critical condition.

pre-teenager : intubated, subdural head bleed, bilateral femur fractures, right wrist radius ulna fractures, pulmonary contusion, fractured ribs, fracture liver, fractured spleen, lots of road rash to whole body (abrasions due to scrubbing the road surface) -> ICU admit

6mo baby sis' : road rash to legs, right open tibia fibula fracture -> Ortho floor admit

next...

13yo male, MVC ejected : broken left humerus, left maxilla fracture, left eye lid laceration -> Ortho floor admit

last...

6yo female, horse kick to abdomen : grade three liver laceration, no other injures apparent -> ICU admit

All in all a busy night.

OY!

Comments

[celtcub.livejournal.com]

Holy shit.
That's why I'm not looking to do ER work. I don't think I could handle it. (O.k. mine would Pet ER, but trauma is trauma).

I am glad there are folks like you out there who can and do do this stuff.

You are thanked and much needed.

Oy! *hug*

[brinah.livejournal.com]

And I thought I was having a bad week!

*hugs* you are a brave and wonderful caring soul. Thank you for all that you do.

[perkbear.livejournal.com]

No matter how stressful my day may be, I don't think it would ever compare to your job. I could never deal with what you have to go through on a normal day at work, its very impressive.

[five0xpres.livejournal.com]

Have I told you lately how much you totally rock. I could never do what you do, day after day. You are definately a special soul in this world. *hugs*

[theevilnub.livejournal.com]

horse kick to abdomen?

didn't she know not to stand there?

[fuzzbearmark.livejournal.com]

...wish I could just hold you and let your rest in my arms.

--Maybe interrupt you once in a while with a lick of the nips.
~~Grin~~

Never met ya - but love ya just the same.
MARK "Fuzzy"

couldn't do it ..

[redarius.livejournal.com]

but i'm glad you can. thank the universe someone's there to pick up the pieces.

lordy. it was hard enough when i was a baby EMT doing ambulance work (ugh .. ) it was too tough for me to get away from the negative and think about the whole "this is saving lives" thing.

all i could focus on was how senseless people can be to each other, and some of the dumb shit we do without thinking.

[beardoc.livejournal.com]

Two things: Why aren't you a doctor?

and

Do you really like this work, or is there something else you'd like to do - in other words, was it a good night or a bad one?

[clintswan.livejournal.com]

I am thinking about it

and

it was a good night