Doing CPR On A 14-Year Old Gangbanger

And other true confessions from an E.R. nurse, Episode #789

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If I had just done CPR on a 14-year old with a .45 caliber gunshot wound to the head, I’d be traumatized too.

Who wouldn’t be?

Am I right?

It’s messy, and it’s loud, and it’s frantic, and it’s chaos, but it’s controlled chaos because this is the BIG-SHOW.

No more sniffles or a cough or the flu or an STD…this is what you’ve trained for.

Hell, and I know Jenna is a trained E.R. nurse, and sure, we are in an inner-city trauma center, but this?

Again?

If it’s not a 14-year-old, it’s a 36-year-old dad or a 19-year-old pregnant girl

Or a…

If it’s not a Friday night, then it’s a Monday afternoon, or it’s a Sunday morning or a…

Or a…

We’re not supposed to break down…

We’re not supposed to internalize this…

We’re not supposed to dwell on it either…