Book description
"Trauma Junkie gives us a view over the flight nurse's
shoulder from liftoff until the patient is delivered to the
hospital and the agonizing minutes in between. These fascinating
true stories are impossible to put down." -- James M. Betts,
MD, Chief of Department of Surgery and Director of Trauma
Services, Children's Hospital, Oakland
"An exciting portrayal of emergency nursing." --
Library Journal
"Fast-paced nonfiction that reads like an adventure
story." -- School Library Journal
In
Trauma Junkie, readers accompany veteran flight nurse
Janice Hudson as she races in response to emergency calls in the San
Francisco Bay Area. Her workplace is a cramped California Shock Trauma
Air Rescue (CALSTAR) helicopter in which medical personnel try to fix
the human carnage wrought by shootings, accidents and natural disasters.
In this new and expanded edition, Hudson updates readers on how she
and her colleagues have fared since moving on to different medical
roles -- including her own battle with multiple sclerosis, which
ultimately forced her to give up the job she loved.
The new
Trauma Junkie
also contains several previously unpublished stories, including
a new addition to the lineup of "stupid human tricks" Hudson
witnessed and an all-new chapter describing a call involving the most
heartbreaking of patients: a child who didn't make it.
Hudson is a natural storyteller who conveys the excitement of her
days with calstar -- heroic rescues, tragic deaths and the hilarious
incidents that made the tension bearable -- and the deep commitment of
her team to keep patients alive in the most perilous situations.
For information on California Shock Trauma Air Rescue Ambulances
Services please visit www. calstar. org
[Review of print edition] Her stories of actual helicopter rescue
missions and emergency room work are engrossing ... an exciting
portrayal of emergency nursing.
Janice Hudson was an emergency flight nurse from 1987 to 1997.
She lives in San Mateo, California, with her husband, Mark, who is
also a registered nurse.
