I arrived in Utkeagvik in 1972 to nurse at the Barrow Indian Health Service hospital. We weren’t a big facility. 13 beds plus one bed for pre and post delivery and a small area for babies. Our lab tech did x-rays and blood work and anything else they could throw at her. We all did everything else you could throw at us. We had to. There were only a couple flights a week in and out of town. There was no North Slope Borough or medivacs through the Borough’s Search and Rescue Department. And there was no blood bank that Continue reading →