""Trauma Junkie gives us a view over the flight nurse's shoulder
from liftoff until the patient is delivered to the hospital and the
agonizing minutes in between. These fascinating true stories are
impossible to put down." -- James M. Betts, MD, Chief of Department
of Surgery and Director of Trauma Services, Children's Hospital,
Oakland"
""An exciting portrayal of emergency nursing."" -- Library
Journal
""Fast-paced nonfiction that reads like an adventure story."" --
School Library Journal
In "Trauma Junkie," readers accompany veteran flight nurse
Janice Hudson as she races in response to emergency calls in the
San Francisco Bay Area. Her workplace is a cramped California Shock
Trauma Air Rescue (CALSTAR) helicopter in which medical personnel
try to fix the human carnage wrought by shootings, accidents and
natural disasters.
In this new and expanded edition, Hudson updates readers on how
she and her colleagues have fared since moving on to different
medical roles -- including her own battle with multiple sclerosis,
which ultimately forced her to give up the job she loved.
The new "Trauma Junkie" also contains several previously
unpublished stories, including a new addition to the lineup of
"stupid human tricks" Hudson witnessed and an all-new chapter
describing a call involving the most heartbreaking of patients: a
child who didn't make it.
Hudson is a natural storyteller who conveys the excitement of
her days with calstar -- heroic rescues, tragic deaths and the
hilarious incidents that made the tension bearable -- and the deep
commitment of her team to keep patients alive in the most perilous
situations.
For information on California Shock Trauma Air Rescue
Ambulances Services please visit www.calstar.org
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