One of the things that excites me about being part of the military is how war of any kind advances medicine and nursing practice in a way that would be impossible otherwise.
The nursing profession was born from war as was the Red Cross.
Wide spread use of antibiotics, damage control surgery . . . the list [...]

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Winter flight droughts are enough to make me crazy. Today I finally got my fix.

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I was humbled a few nights ago to have received an email from Dr. Richard Pryor, brother of MAJ John Pryor, M.D., who died while serving in Iraq on Christmas Day.
Thank you to everyone who left comments, and sent emails. As per Dr. Pryor’s request, here is the link to a web site created to [...]

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I’m becoming more aware of a larger role I play in the grand scheme of simply living and breathing. SFC Rodriguez would tell me that no matter how few days you have left of something, never allow yourself to become an oxygen thief. Sometimes I don’t realize why things happen. To me, it just is. [...]

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Once again, another incredible edition of Change of Shift over at Nurse Ratched’s Place.
The New Year’s edition will be hosted here! So, start working on that New Year’s resolution of no longer procrastinating . . .
Get me your posts—- emily at crzegrl dot net —- sooner rather than later!
Deadline for those who would rather [...]

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I was wide awake this morning at 0230. As is normal, I rolled over and blindly reached for my iPhone, figuring that if I couldn’t sleep, I would at least make good use of my sleeplessness and catch up on my RSS feed reading.
The moment I read the post title, which simply said something [...]

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“I don’t believe in coincidences . . . I believe in the curly ‘q’ whimsy of fate. After all, everything’s connected”
Sam Tyler (character) Life on Mars
A few weeks ago while at the unit, I held the door for SFC Rick Simmons. My eyes were immediately drawn to his combination Army Aviation Badge, and [...]

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Can you imagine being the neurosurgeon thinking you were removing a tumor from the brain of a newborn, only to find a FOOT instead?
And I thought my job had weird moments!

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The end of October marked a turning point in my flight career.
In the midst of many complicated and intense life milestones, I was scheduled to speak at the Air Medical Transport Conference in Minneapolis. With all that was whirling in my life, another trip was not a welcome addition to my schedule.

Schedule for the
auditorium [...]

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Welcome to Change of Shift Vol. 3, No. 10. I have the honor and privilege to be co-hosting this edition with his excellence Zippy the Lobster!
For those of you unaware of Zippy’s adventures in his quest to raise money for Children’s Brain Cancer research, check him out at FunWithZippy.com.

Zippy enjoying the fall colors
from the [...]

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