CRNA in Baltimore Shock Trauma ED...

10:06 here in Tennessee, watching Discovery Channel, probably Impact: Stories of Survival or something like that. (yeah, I know, Friday night and watching solo TV, living on the edge here guys.....) Long story short, saw a young female come into the ED and everyone is in their cute pink scrubs (barf...) and there is one person at the head of the bed in OR attire, including face mask down around the chin and OR buff. hat on. This middle aged female keeps reassuring the female patient in a C-collar that things will be OK and to calm down, holding the head still while a physical exam of the neck is performed. The camera keeps zooming in on the patient's face and low and behold - guess what????

Well whaddya know guys, the name tag that is just above the patient's forehead proudly states the four letters most of us are dedicating our lives to...CRNA. Very nice to see some recognition of our practice as the airway experts. In a room full of trauma attendings and surgeons, who gets the up front seat, you got it, that'd be a colleague of mine in just under a year. They never induced her, but it was nice to see a CRNA called in for the trauma just in case.

VERY NICE DISCOVERY CHANNEL!!!!