"ER" My observation takes place in an Emergency Room in a rural county hospital. The ER is a thiry-by-forty room with white walls and a dusty rose counter. Beneath the counter there are several cabinets containinf instruments such as wire cutters, bone cutter, skin hooks, knife handles, and needle holders. There are also two bookcases containing various kits and trays such as IV trays, lab trays, cricothyrotomy kit, emergency delivery kit, pacemakers, and chest tubes. …showed first 75 words of 703 total…

…showed last 75 words of 703 total…Many people come to the ER battered, beaten, and dying. The doctors and nurses in the ER have the incredible task of deciding who lives and who dies. This daunting task would drive most people insane. Loving their work hour by lonely hour, they tirelessly try yo help whose who cannot help themselves. Unlike most peopl, they have a very important skill: the skill to save lives. Frankly, I would trust them with my life.