Placing a blood pressure cuff on a patient is typically a simple task.  This time was an exception. I felt for the cuff in my bag, pulled...

As the cold front settles in on Baltimore, the snow begins to fall, and the roads begin to freeze.  On this chilly Friday night,...

It’s incredibly difficult to be a good surgical resident when it’s the exact opposite of anything I self identify with.  Working in the...

The Trauma Resuscitation Unit, or “TRU,” as it’s known, is probably the number one place you don’t want to find yourself after a night of...

CSTARS “Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills” is essentially the military’s solution to get Docs, nurses, and medics...

SERE stands for Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape.  Each branch of the military has a school that teaches the fundamentals of...

My first survival school course at Fairchild AFB in Spokane was a one-day course known as “Dunker” training, or underwater helicopter...

For the next several months I’m being submerged into a training pipeline that is designed to get me spun up to the point of being a fully...

For the next several months I’ll be engaging in various training programs with the idea of getting me “spun up” to be a fully functional...