#emergency

There is something so settled and stodgy about turning a great romance into next of kin on an emergency room form, and something so soothing and special, too. ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#emergency #emergency room #form #great #into

We had a lot of international help especially from the EU and USA, which helped us to get out of this phase of emergency, to give some dynamism to Kosova. ↗

— Ibrahim Rugova

#emergency #especially #eu #get #give

Anyone that's involved in development has discovered that all the good work that's been done in development has been undone by the AIDS emergency. ↗

— Bono

#anyone #been #development #discovered #done

Having said that, I believe we must not compound the natural disaster of Katrina by creating a fiscal disaster in Congress - it is our duty to ensure that we reign in other government spending in any event, and especially in this time of national emergency. ↗

— Chris Chocola

#believe #compound #congress #creating #disaster

Without direction, the respiratory technician goes to the head of the bed. She takes the tubing, attaches it to the oxygen, and turns it on as high as it will go. She provides a seal with her hand cupped over the plastic mask, over the nose and mouth of the toddler, and methodically provides oxygenated air. Doyle’s tiny chest rises and falls while I listen with my stethoscope. I am reaching for another breathing tube. “Fib!” Dr. Pedras feels for a pulse while another places gelled pads on her chest. ↗

— Ruth McLeod-Kearns

#doctor #drama #emergency-room #er #family

Loving someone but not trusting them is a spiritual emergency. ↗

— S. Kelley Harrell

#ptsd #spiritual-emergency #trust #love

We are racing down Main Street. Arthur is right on the tail of a blck sedan with tinted windows that won't pull over. He slams the horn. "Arthur," I say. The car doesn't yield. "Arthur," I say. He hits the horn again, still close on the car's bummper. "Arthur, our turn was back there. ↗

— Peter Canning

#ems #funny #humor #medical #funny

I tended to faint when I saw accident victims in the emergency ward, during surgery, or while drawing blood. ↗

— Michael Crichton

#blood #drawing #during #emergency #faint

We have to make a determination of what the minimum standards are for police, fire and emergency services in all of America's major cities. Once we determine that, then we can decide what the funding is. ↗

— Warren Rudman

#cities #decide #determination #determine #emergency

It shouldn't take an emergency for this Administration to deal with the health care needs of our nation's heroes. Funding the VA and our bringing our troops home safely should never be treated as an afterthought. ↗

— John Salazar

#afterthought #bringing #care #deal #emergency