[hennie pennie]

It's not too surprising to me, I suspect that most of them have NEVER responded to a real trauma emergency of the sheer magnitude that this one was. Thus, they were all pumped up on adrenalin, HAPPY that Giffords survived, and prolly in a state of shock.

Bless them for their good work!!

[muawiyah]

They were still pumped up ~ probably hadn't slept since they first heard of the event.

This is probably the first time, and the last time, you will ever hear of any of these guys ~ and frankly, I think they did a tremendous job.

They can all get jobs in Fairfax after this ~ that's where most of your typical Congresscritters go to have important stuff done.

I go there too.

Nothing like the best.

[cripplecreek]

I’ll bet they weren’t checking to see who had the best insurance before deciding who to treat.

[Magic Fingers]

“I suspect that most of them have NEVER responded to a real trauma emergency of the sheer magnitude that this one was.”

I don’t know about most of them, but I imagine Peter Rhee, M.D. has (from UMC’s site):

‘Designated surgeon on former President Clinton’s 1998 China trip; one of first trauma surgeons to be deployed to Camp Rhino, Afghanistan; started first surgical unit in Ramadi, Iraq.

Recipient of numerous awards and honors, including Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal and Navy Commendation Medal.

Consultant to Office of Naval Research, and Marine Corps Commandants War Fighting Laboratory.’