The winters in Minneapolis are cold, very cold. After eight months of cabin fever, the first warm days of spring bring relief, fresh air and trauma. Motorcycles take their first rusty run on the open road.
People come out of hibernation to interact, sometimes violently.
Emergency medicine physicians at Hennepin County Medical Center in downtown Minneapolis are used to this pattern, and they brace for it. Third-year resident Mark Martel has seen it all during his training at Hennepin. Despite coming from Chicago, Mark will attest to the fact that Minneapolis is no sleepy city when it comes to trauma, and he likes it that way. As the only female in her class, Jill Benson has learned to be one of the boys. But when it comes to interacting with the patients, Jill adds an extra measure of empathy.