Emergency Nurse Week does a great job highlighting the impact these individuals make in our community, and highlight the extraordinary care these nurses do. They are the most resourceful and diverse critical care nurses in their career field. They are the first line of defense for health and wellness and for definitive care. These nurses think outside the box, outside of comfort zones and work as a team expeditiously to resolve emergencies, and help save lives. They are prepared to the next cardiac event, stroke, full arrest, traumatic injury, burn, drowning, mass casualty incident and hazmat accident. They do this while on an ambulance as a critical care transport nurse, staff medical tents for large events, in the air as a flight nurse for civilian or military, support law enforcement and search and rescue teams. They are educators, preceptors, and mentor that teach new grads. They take control and take charge under any circumstance. They are the safety net of your community who stand fast, day or night, ready to make an impact on your health, and life.
It is a good time to reflect on all the good these critical care nurses do for our community, family members, and you. It is a great week to highlight your local heroes in the emergency departments and emergency services. Remember we can’t spell diversity or emergency without “ER.” And the ER means, Everything Registered, and anything that comes through those doors. I wanted to thank all the Emergency Nurses out there who make a difference, whether in a rig expediting care under lights and sirens, either at home or abroad in harm’s way, serving in the military, or a flight nurse in the air under the helicopters propelling wings of angels. Thank you to all the diverse emergency nurses, who stand guard, and are ready to treat the next emergency. “Thank you for all the extraordinary things that you do in emergency health care, you truly make a difference every day in people’s lives.”