"I would like to thank the medical team at DRDH for their amazing work in a complex resuscitation when a critically ill patient arrived to the Emergency Department requiring a significant level of care.

 

I would specifically like to thank Nurses Sue, Megan and Alyssa for their incredible knowledge of resuscitation and doing the heavy work of organizing transport. The perfect closed loop communication, and having the appropriate clarification questions asked made the resuscitation go smooth and kept the patient alive. I could not have asked for a better, more caring set of hands during this case.

 

I would like to thank Mike from the Laboratory for coming in and assisting with bloodwork and Jayme from Diagnostic Imaging for assisting with X-rays. They both stayed around much beyond the time it took to complete the task required to ensure no further task was needed prior to leaving, and offered their help in any way they could. I felt extremely safe that should the need arise, they were there to support.

 

I would also like to thank the paramedics for their rapid extrication that brought the patient safely to our hospital, for staying around providing excellent care until the patient was safely at DRDH, and staying around for more than 2 hours pending the decision and destination of transport.

I could not have asked for a better team that night.

 

Thank you,

 

Dr. Fredette, Emergency Department Physician"

 

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