Alex Nelson
February 2018
Alex
Nelson
,
RN
Emergency Department
UAB Hospital
Birmingham
,
AL
United States
Alex and his girlfriend were driving down a road one night when they came across a horrific wreck. He immediately jumped into action to try to save the young victims' lives. A local mom finally met the man she says saved her two sons.
Following a horrific car wreck, a team of good Samaritans stopped on the side of Highway 431 Monday night to help these two boys. The boys' mom found all of them except for the one UAB nurse whom everyone else gives all the credit to, but no one knew his name.
The mom knows all those people were put there that night for a reason. "That was nothing but God," she said.
Alex Nelson and his girlfriend happened to be driving down that same road that night when they saw the wreck. He immediately jumped into action.
"I checked to see if he had a pulse and he had a pretty good pulse at that point," he explains. Another nurse had been giving him chest compressions because when she got to him his heart had stopped.
He says they then turned him on his back in case he had any neck injuries.
"He had a large laceration on his head and had lost a lot of blood," Nelson explained.
He called for something to keep him warm because of all the blood loss. A bystander handed him her jacket right off her back. Little did all these loving people know, that the work they were doing at that moment would save these boys' lives.
On Thursday evening, Nelson woke up from working an overnight shift in the emergency room and he had several text messages about a news story.
"One was from my girlfriend and she was like, hey I think this is you they are talking about," he said.
"I was pretty excited to hear how well they were doing, which was a miracle because if you had seen the wreck and how far from the car they were you would not think that anyone could survive that," he said.
"He saved my kids, I owe him everything. I owe him everything," their mom says tearfully.
Thursday she finally got to tell him that over video chat. "We have been looking for you." Nelson laughs and replies, 'That is what I heard."
There were no words to describe how thankful she and her husband were for what he did to help. He says there was a whole team of people there helping their boys.
"God makes no mistakes," said the boys' father.
"That is right, I do believe that God put us all there at that time for that reason," Nelson replied.
Alex's story is another awesome example of how UAB nurses give every patient their best every time.
Following a horrific car wreck, a team of good Samaritans stopped on the side of Highway 431 Monday night to help these two boys. The boys' mom found all of them except for the one UAB nurse whom everyone else gives all the credit to, but no one knew his name.
The mom knows all those people were put there that night for a reason. "That was nothing but God," she said.
Alex Nelson and his girlfriend happened to be driving down that same road that night when they saw the wreck. He immediately jumped into action.
"I checked to see if he had a pulse and he had a pretty good pulse at that point," he explains. Another nurse had been giving him chest compressions because when she got to him his heart had stopped.
He says they then turned him on his back in case he had any neck injuries.
"He had a large laceration on his head and had lost a lot of blood," Nelson explained.
He called for something to keep him warm because of all the blood loss. A bystander handed him her jacket right off her back. Little did all these loving people know, that the work they were doing at that moment would save these boys' lives.
On Thursday evening, Nelson woke up from working an overnight shift in the emergency room and he had several text messages about a news story.
"One was from my girlfriend and she was like, hey I think this is you they are talking about," he said.
"I was pretty excited to hear how well they were doing, which was a miracle because if you had seen the wreck and how far from the car they were you would not think that anyone could survive that," he said.
"He saved my kids, I owe him everything. I owe him everything," their mom says tearfully.
Thursday she finally got to tell him that over video chat. "We have been looking for you." Nelson laughs and replies, 'That is what I heard."
There were no words to describe how thankful she and her husband were for what he did to help. He says there was a whole team of people there helping their boys.
"God makes no mistakes," said the boys' father.
"That is right, I do believe that God put us all there at that time for that reason," Nelson replied.
Alex's story is another awesome example of how UAB nurses give every patient their best every time.