Summary of Janice Hudson's Trauma Junkie

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 My first day as a flight nurse was not off to a good start. I had no idea how to use the radio system, and when I responded to a pager message, I accidentally deleted it. I was unsuccessful in writing down the essential information for my ETA.
#2 The first part of the flight had not gone well, but I was determined to get something right. I was to land in a field about one mile away from the actual incident, as there were no safe LZs nearby.
#3 When I was bagging the patient, I noticed that his airway was filled with blood, and we had to clear it out if we were going to get him tubed. I had no idea what we could do, as the paramedics had already left the scene of the accident.
#4 In 1987, I was in a restaurant in Tiburon overlooking San Francisco Bay when a friend of mine, Dana, hosted a brunch celebrating my recent marriage. I couldn’t find anyone to go with me on a double date, so I asked Mark, a co-worker in the ICU at Seton Medical Center.

Sujets

• Autobiography
• Biography
• Personal Memoirs

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 10 mai 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798822503038
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Insights on Janice Hudson's Trauma Junkie
Contents Insights from Chapter 1
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

My first day as a flight nurse was not off to a good start. I had no idea how to use the radio system, and when I responded to a pager message, I accidentally deleted it. I was unsuccessful in writing down the essential information for my ETA.

#2

The first part of the flight had not gone well, but I was determined to get something right. I was to land in a field about one mile away from the actual incident, as there were no safe LZs nearby.

#3

When I was bagging the patient, I noticed that his airway was filled with blood, and we had to clear it out if we were going to get him tubed. I had no idea what we could do, as the paramedics had already left the scene of the accident.

#4

In 1987, I was in a restaurant in Tiburon overlooking San Francisco Bay when a friend of mine, Dana, hosted a brunch celebrating my recent marriage. I couldn’t find anyone to go with me on a double date, so I asked Mark, a co-worker in the ICU at Seton Medical Center.

#5

I was offered a job as a flight nurse in June 2017. I began the orientation in June, three weeks in a classroom and six weeks as a ride-along. I was finally ready to fly on my own.

#6

I was excited to be part of the team, and when I was activated to another motorcycle accident, I ran to the helicopter. As I approached, I could see a group of firefighters huddled around a body on a backboard, next to a set of railroad tracks. The train was stopped, and the mangled remnants of a motorcycle were under the front engine.

#7

I was tasked with transporting a patient back to the hospital. As I was running down the hill, the leg of the patient fell out of the plastic bag I was carrying. It was a clean cut at mid-femur, with a tennis shoe on the foot. I was horrified, and held the bag far in front of me as I clumsily ran along.

#8

I was assigned to room with Harry, a flight nurse, who had a problem with gas. I was not aware of the problem until he woke me up with an explosion. I was determined to only doze, so I wouldn’t sleep through an activation.

#9

The crew at CALSTAR lived together in a trailer, waiting for calls. They had a hot plate, an electric wok, a microwave, and a limited kitchen. They became very creative about how they fed themselves and passed the time.

#10

Flight nurses are typically deployed in one of two roles: primary and secondary. The primary nurse is in charge of navigation to the scene and patient care on the way home. The secondary nurse runs the radios, sets up the helicopter for the patient after landing, and then assists the primary in patient care.

#11

The crew at CALSTAR would get grumpy as days passed without a flight. They would joke that they would only make right turns so they wouldn’t have to see the mangled human being.

#12

The flight nursing rule number two is never turn down a free drink. The air-conditioning system uses up precious power, so it isn’t used when the helicopter requires extra for takeoff and landing.

#13

I developed a system for slotting patients into one of the three categories after the first thirty seconds of my assessment. The first and most common tier was where the patient fit into the category of not hurt bad, everybody relax. These patients required the specialized services of a trauma center, but didn’t have immediately life-threatening injuries.

#14

I was a flight nurse, and one of my patients was a young man with no sense who did not want to cooperate with the doctors.