Our Mission: Liberate the Power Ranger from Marcus, the leader of a nefarious gang of three year-olds with a penchant for beheading the Rangers and stuffing them up their noses. Objective: Release the head of the Power Ranger from the cave and reattach to his body. Obstacles: Nasal mucus, boogers, an uncooperative mastermind, an adult […]
Kittens lapped the blood from the filthy kitchen floor. A one and a half-year-old cried in a sixteen year old's arms. The badass boyfriend stood by, glaring at her, at us and at the kittens. We had taken him last week for some ridiculous pain med seeking journey through the healthcare system. The patient stood […]
I need to re-assess my value system concerning glove use. For years, the first thing I did before any and all patient contact was glove up. I just didn't feel safe or protected without them. Time and runs add up, after decades and thousands of calls my religions adherence to PPE policy went out the […]
The crash happens right across the street from the ER. A little old lady is bleeding from a small laceration on her head, but that is the least of her worries. A few hospital employees, well trained and well meaning are giving the patient emergency care prior to our arrival. One holds pressure on the […]
Soft, muffled sobs, private sounds of desperation, for how long I don't know, I was asleep. Pain there, pain and sorrow, kept hidden, allowed escape in solitude lest the rest worry. My eyes stay closed, my body still, my mind blazing and hot ready to explode, and free the river of tears to join hers, […]
Ten years fighting a war that has lost the interest of the American people does not diminish the sacrifice, hardship and isolation those who have chosen to fight that war endure. Our soldiers are still there, still in harms way, and still doing the job they were sent to do. Eighty-six US troops had amputations […]