我是一名创伤护士，我热爱这份高强度的工作 / 开普饭

I am a Trauma Nurse, I love my job.

Jennifer Dukes, RN, is an emergency room nurse at a Level 1 trauma hospital in Atlanta. She endures fast-paced 12-hour shifts and organized chaos in a high-stress work environment as she fights to help keep her patients alive.

Jenifer Dukes, 是美国亚特兰大一所一级创伤医院的急诊护士。她忍受着快节奏的12小时轮班，在高强度的工作环境中准确并迅速的处理所有混乱的情况，并努力为她的每一位创伤患者与死神作斗争。

急诊室的工作是高强度且充满挑战的。

这里有各种各样的病例，很多不忍直视的血腥场面。但作为创伤护士，根本没有害怕的时间。我的职业要求我迅速且准确的做出临床判断，为病人提供生命体征检测，用药，实行侵入性操作等等。

但这份工作也是危险的。被送到急诊室的大部分紧急病人都很难知道他们全部的信息。例如是否有成瘾用药或酒精的摄入，也并不知道这些病人是否携带HIV或乙肝病毒。但我们第一时间要做的必须是解除威胁病人生命的因素，把病人从死神手中拉过来。

在美国，创伤中心被分为四个级别：I级，II级，III级，IV级或V级。等级的划分是由每家医院的医疗资源及每年的入院人数决定的。创伤中心的等级评定由美国外科医师学会American College of Surgeons (ACS) 进行，通常为期三年。

值得注意的是，Trauma Center（创伤中心）和Emergency Room（急诊室）是有区别的。

What is The Emergency Room?

The emergency room, emergency department or ER, is where people go when they need emergency assistance. That seems general,but ERs can handle anything from sprained ankles to heart attacks and strokes.They have the facilities, doctors and expertise to handle almost everythingthat comes their way.

急诊室，是人们在需要紧急援助时前往的地方。这看起来很普遍，但是ER可以处理从扭伤的脚踝到心脏病发作和中风的任何事情。这里拥有专业的医疗设施，以及具有专业知识的医疗团队。

What is a Trauma Center?

Trauma centers are usually located withinthe ER. They aren’t often discussed singularly because they are part of theemergency room system. Trauma centers handle the extreme cases where there isan issue of immediate survival. Highly-specialized surgeons work with the mostadvanced equipment to increase the likelihood of survival in the patients thatare sent there. The word “trauma” best describes what brings people to thesecenters as they are equipped to handle life-threatening and critical injuries.

创伤中心通常是专门设置的，通常会做为急诊系统的一部分。创伤中心主要处理威胁生命的危机情况。高度专业化的外科医生加上最先进的设备来为患者增加生存的可能性。 “创伤”这个词最能说明这里所救治的标准，因为他们有能力处理危及生命的严重状况。