Aug 15, 2017
No matter what aspect of emergency medicine you work in (EMS,
fast track, main ED, rural, remote, urban, suburban, or whatever
else), you need to be a resuscitationist in my book. This is
entirely my opinion, but I believe it is important one worth your
time in both reading and listening.
Envision a busy night shift. It is three in the morning and
somehow you still have a waiting room full of people waiting to be
seen in your small ED that is hours away by ground to tertiary
care. Scattered thunderstorms and overwhelmed emergency
services have made it difficult to transfer out patients. You
would swear it was a full moon, but when you were outside just to
get a quick breath of fresh air from all the chaos you look up and
it is not. Suddenly, you hear sirens in the distance and EMS
reports are all coming in at once...