Seattle doctors, nurses swap scrubs for fire gear to gain new insight into first responder challenges

  • Source: KATU-TV ABC 2 Portland
  • Published: 10/11/2023 12:00 AM

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Many of us would love the chance to try a different job just for a day. Some of Seattle’s top doctors and nurses got that chance by trading in their scrubs for a chance to be a firefighter. "What's important for us is to build a working relationship and to cultivate a good community," said Brian Duthie, a firefighter and board member of the Washington State Council of Fire Fighters Burn Foundation. Doctors and nurses from Harborview Medical Center suited up for a first-hand look at what it means to be a first responder in Federal Way. "We spend time with our burn survivors in the hospital taking care of them and we don't really interface all that much with what happens before the hospital," said Dr. Dylan Jason, a burn surgeon with the Harborview Burn Center.



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