title: More Confessions of a Trauma Junkie: My Life as a Nurse Paramedic (Reflections of America Series)
author:  Sherry Jones Mayo 
description: Sherry Lynn Jones is a registered nurse, retired paramedic, and a critical incident stress management (CISM) educator with more than two decades of experience in civilian and paramilitary emergency services. Jones is the author of a blossoming Trauma Junkie anthology featuring the personal and professional experiences, thoughts, and feelings of emergency responders from both sides of the gurney. Sherry's urban and rural Paramedic experience and nursing in ER trauma centers, inpatient psychiatry, and state corrections merge with ground and air team training with the United States Air Force Auxiliary, Civil Air Patrol (CAP). As a Lieutenant Colonel, Jones was a key architect in developing CAP's National CISM Program, taking it from concept to full program supporting the organization's 50,000+ emergency services volunteers, addressing a growing need for resilience training and posttrauma response strategies. Sherry is a faculty member of and approved instructor for the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF), and a Fellow of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress (FAAETS). Following her Master of Science in Psychology specializing in Crisis Management and Response, Jones completed her Doctorate in Education, writing her dissertation on Nurses' Occupational Trauma Exposure, Resilience, and Coping Education (http://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2360/). Sherry lives in the Detroit area, serves as CEO of Education Resource Strategies, and is a board member of the Michigan Crisis Response Association, promoting and providing emergency services education. Her most valued duties involve acting as Nona to her grandsons and Dr. Mom to children of two and four feet. Sherry's website is http://www.SherryLynnJones.com
zlib_text: _Dedication_
  
  Dedicated to the memory of:
  
  James Kelly
  
  Eileen Cantlay
  
  Martin Davidson
  
  Bernadette Matthews
  
  Colleen Walker-Craig
  
  Evelyn Greenup
  
  Clinton Speedy-Duroux
  
  Barbara Saunders
  
  Jayden March
  
  Caroline Byrne
  
  Terry Falconer
  
  Michael Davies
  
  Michelle Pogmore
  
  Bob Ljubic
  
  Ian Draper
  
  Ryan Pringle
  
  Matthew Leveson
  
  William Tyrrell
  
  Tori Johnson
  
  Katrina Dawson
  
  Courtney Topic
  
  Mengmei Leng
  
  Theresa Binge
  
  Clint Starkey
  
  and to all the other victims, their families and the cops who try to solve
  these cases.
  
  The trauma ripples out.
  
   _Epigraph_
  
  Compassion leads to courage.
  
   **– Lao Tzu**
  
   _Contents_
  
  Dedication
  
  Epigraph
  
  Prologue
  
   **Round One**
  
  Not Giving Up
  
  That Looks Good
  
  I Look Like a Policeman
  
  16-1
  
  Afraid That I Will Fail Her
  
  I Want to Become a Detective
  
  I’ll Fight You
  
  If a Killer Offers Me His Hand
  
  Diving into Cool Blue Water
  
  A Whale in the Bay
  
  Molotov Cocktails
  
  You Don’t Give Up
  
  Perfect Formula for Happiness
  
  You Don’t Leave the Fucking Stick-Ups
  
  Do What 