First it was the kids arriving. Then friends and family members flooded our hospital campus. None of the parents knew where their kids were. And the third wave was the media. |
The staff is trained to deliver emergency resuscitation and health care to anyone, in any situation, who comes through our doors. It matters not to the trauma system how they come to be injured. |
We need to celebrate the bravery that we saw in those kids (in California). I'm sure that the medical facility in the San Diego area that received these kids experienced the same thing we did -- an onslaught of injured kids responding in mature, heroic ways. |