The Great Christmas Bowl (2009)
The Great Christmas Bowl
“With an ER equipped to stabilize and a small wing for overnight patients, it’s more of a triage center. Still, they’re the first stop for any Big Laker who needs help, since the closest large hospital is two hours away in Duluth.
Often Mike has brought a victim to the Big Lake clinic and then hours later rushed them, siren screaming, north to Duluth. Or when the situation seems dire, the hospital will call in air support, and the life-flight helicopter will bullet from Minneapolis and land on t...he pad just north of the clinic.
Tonight I could already hear the blades chopping the air as I peered through the doors of the packed ER waiting room.
Shoes squeaked on the linoleum behind me, and I turned. Mike came toward me, dressed in his navy blue scrubs and a dark blue jacket, the paramedic patch and a number of other certifications dressing his arm. His stethoscope dangled around his neck, and he held each end like suspenders. “Hey.”
“How is he?” I had noticed that Marge, Bud’s wife, had arrived some time after the ambulance, and a nurse escorted her to the ER.MoreLess
Often Mike has brought a victim to the Big Lake clinic and then hours later rushed them, siren screaming, north to Duluth. Or when the situation seems dire, the hospital will call in air support, and the life-flight helicopter will bullet from Minneapolis and land on t...he pad just north of the clinic.
Tonight I could already hear the blades chopping the air as I peered through the doors of the packed ER waiting room.
Shoes squeaked on the linoleum behind me, and I turned. Mike came toward me, dressed in his navy blue scrubs and a dark blue jacket, the paramedic patch and a number of other certifications dressing his arm. His stethoscope dangled around his neck, and he held each end like suspenders. “Hey.”
“How is he?” I had noticed that Marge, Bud’s wife, had arrived some time after the ambulance, and a nurse escorted her to the ER.MoreLess
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