For some unseen universal design it became a requirement of my desk-nurse job to partake in Advanced Cardiac Life Support training. This was one of the classes that I purposely avoided while I was working the the ED. I had no real desire to bring people back from the dead using pharmacology, "shocking" with a defibrillator, and/or rib crushing chest compressions. In the past, I doubted the philosophy of it all, to be honest. However, on December 26, EMS of Preston city and the staff at the Backus Hospital ED saved my father's life. Gave him a second chance at life and a family. A little too ironic....Alanis Morissette style. I never realized how my work in the past must have affected others in the same way until this moment. Not saying I want to hop in the ER bandwagon again just yet...just something to ponder.
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