Profiles of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) who have served or are serving in the U.S. military.
Real-life war stories, and the contributions of nurse anesthetists. See excerpt to the right.
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It was February 9th, 2003 about 10:00 at night when Billie Hoyle, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) and a major in the US Air Force, first laid eyes on the tiny air base in the northern desert of Kuwait. She could see her breath in the cold, dry air, but knew those pleasant temperatures would only last for two more months before the crushing heat of the desert took hold.
It was a place not many people could locate on a map and after 32 sleepless hours of air travel in what was euphemistically called "high density seating," the stark surroundings didn’t quite register that first night. Morning was another story. The vast, empty, lunar-like landscape contrasted starkly with her North Carolina mountain home, and on a low promontory that overlooked the rest of the base, she and her fellow medics set up shop on "The Rock."
Excerpt from "It's All About Being There,"
by Major Kari W. Howie
CRNA, MSN, NC, USAF
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