By Brian Porter | Rocky Mountain Voice
The role of emergency workers and nurses was recognized Tuesday in the Colorado Senate, with a selection of each seated in the chamber.
Adams County Democrat Sen. Kyle Mullica, an emergency room nurse when he’s not serving in the state legislature, noted that a nurse is comfort in trying times.
“It has been a tough [few] years to be a nurse,” he said. “They take care of us in our most difficult times.”
And before a patient many times reaches the hospital or emergency room, emergency workers care for them, El Paso County Republican Sen. Larry Liston said.
Republican Sen. Mark Baisley introduced EMS workers in the chamber.
“Every now and then we need a hero,” he said. “When that emergency medical situation comes on us or our family, or we’re in an accident we didn’t see coming, or sometimes when someone is caught on the side of a mountain, we need a hero to come and rescue us.”