Congrats To My Nursing Colleagues

I learned late last week that two great women who I know and have had a little bit of a chance to work with were elected President Elect and to the Board of Directors of the Emergency Nurses Association respectively.

Deena Brecher and Sally Snow are two outstanding ladies whose leadership in the area of emergency nursing earned them these positions of responsibility, but as importantly, they are nurses whose contributions to EMS is just as significant.

While I can not speak to Ms. Snow's career path, I know that Ms. Brecher has been previously involved with EMS on the street as a practicing provider before she became a nurse.  In Ms. Snow's case, she is just as likely to be recognized for her work as Trauma Director at Cook Children's Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas.

For me the really cool part if getting to work with these two women as part of the EMS for Children National Resource Center Advisory Council helping protect our most precious EMS packages through education of emergency caregivers both in and out of the hospital and working on injury prevention programs that keep these children out of the ER in the first place.  Few things in this world are as cool as watching your friends succeed, but when you see them succeed in areas that you are passionate about - all the better.

This is a great day for emergency medicine and for emergency pediatrics!