Gang mayhem

Well, my new Chief resident got tested to the hilt on one of the first on-call nights. We were the on-call team for a night of gang violence. 2 stabbings and 4 gunshot victims almost simultaneously. The recent ATLS course including the triage scenarios was put to the full use possible. Anyway, we repaired an aorta, brachial artery, did a colostym, tube thoracostomy, etc. all in about 3 hours. The OR nurses and the OR nurse on-call team were able to respond as well. After a long hard night of operating continuosly, there is still the Joy of the Surgery because we save lives. JTE.