You might be a trauma nurse if...............

[T14WFLY]

You might be a trauma nurse if?

Fill in the blank. This should be fun and interesting to see what comes up=-)

[I_LOVE_TRAUMA, RN]

1. You know that trauma is often a "lifestyle choice."

2. You can walk by a patient (not yours) and pause long enough to say, "I can see tendons - kewl!!"

3. You can name at least one 15-16 year old that you've seen come in w/a GSW - and it's not his first one.

4. You could write a 1000-page book on the myriad ways that ETOH + stupidity = trauma.

Totally agree with these...but don't you mean 1 15-16y/o repeat GSW PER WEEK, lol

[gardengal1, ASN, RN]

We take bets on blood alcohols - nickle to whoever gets the closest when the lab report comes out. I ALWAYS win - must have a good sniffer!

[gardengal1, ASN, RN]

You can use almost every supply in the trauma room you have available and the paper containers are all over the floor within the first 5 minutes that your trauma patient arrives!

[traumatizedRN]

You still get both disgusted and amazed with the low pain tolerance that almost all "bad a#$&" gang members have. I wished we could video taped the way they cry and moan and send it to their homies. It is so pathetic and predictable. Along the same line, I find it so funny to see how many guys show up with a broken hand after fighting with their wives/girlfriends and punching a wall. It may look cool and dramatic on TV, but I wonder how many seconds go by until they realize that it was a stupid thing to do.