This thread reminds me of something that happened one weekend to the Chief of the ER at Womack Army Hospital back in the early 70's, one of the brightest MDs I ever worked with and an officer who appreciated having two of us SF Medics SD on every shift in the ER at Fort Bragg.
He was from GA and an Emory grad so would make a monthly trek back to Atlanta by taking a three day weekend off. One weekend, he came upon a bad vehicle accident on the interstate and began providing emergency Rx to the most seriously injured victim. He said he was working on the patient when a woman came up, saw the victim and declared, "Oh my God! I'm a nurse, let me through!"...and pushed him aside to get at the injured victim. Stu (the MD) said he got up and told the woman, "Well, nurse, let me know when you need a doctor - I'm an ER physician."
He used to use that story to make a point with newly assigned ER staff about the importance of SA when facing an emergency...something this guy doesn't seem to have acquired.
Anybody wanna hand this guy a fire extinguisher so he can put himself out?
Richard
