Families are off to the park, lake or museum.
Maybe it's just too hot to go anywhere and parents opt for a lounge chair on the lawn and a tall cold glass of lemonade. The kids splash around in a wading pool or ride off on a bike with their friends. With so many places to go and things to do, the last place anyone chooses to spend their time is in a hospital emergency department. The professional nurses and physicians who staff the CMMC Emergency Department fight a war against illness, injury and death. Although much of what they encounter is the inevitable result of a disease process or the consequence of an unavoidable accident, some emergency patients are the unfortunate victims of preventable mishaps.