Dr. Carrie M. Myers is currently a chief resident in Emergency Medicine at Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN. She previously served as a trauma nurse in the U.S. Navy where she learned the value of teamwork and memory foam on military-issued cots. In her free time, she enjoys partaking in her wife's food and cocktail experiments and adventuring with her dogs. She is most proud of the woman her daughter is becoming.
Boots on Ground: Lessons Learned from Trauma Nurse Turned EM Doc
Carrie Myers, MD “Myers! Wake up. We have casualties coming in. We need you.” A gruff nudge jerked me awake from a brief two hours of sleep. I rolled off my cot, fumbled for my boots and stumbled bleary-eyed from the canvas tent…