Prevention Intervention & Health Equity

Carolina - Stories from an Emergency Room Nurse

Episode Summary

Carolina works as an Emergency Room nurse. In the ER, she has seen concerning trends in substance use and overdoses amongst adolescents. In this episode, she talks about these trends and gives some advice to parents and youth.

Episode Notes

Hosted by Christina E. Maskley: Carolina has worked as a nurse in South Florida for fifteen years. Throughout her experience, she has seen the true effects of addiction and the substance use epidemic. In this episode, narrated by Project Coordinator Christina Maskley, Carolina describes some of the trends and concerning side effects she is seeing within South Florida emergency rooms.