May 2021 Honoree
Burn Care Unit
Matthew Abad, RN • Lemuel Arranguez, RN • Laryssa Boatz, RN • Tanya Boettger, RN • Eric Bompat, RN • Gabriella Bonilla, RN • Shiela Cainglet-Tiapon, CMT • Christopher Carpenter, RN • Shannon Case, CLS • Nancy Chaidez, RN • Kara Clayton, RD • Yasmin Conaway, RN • Kim Coston, RN • Encar De Borja, CNA • Wilfredo Dizon, RN • Cathy Downey, RN • Megan Draney, RN • Mark Ferratt, RN • Cheri Filewood, RN • Chrismarie Foronda, RN • Lloyd Gamboa, RN • Ria George, RN • Cara Goodman, Family Therapist • La'Rone Grant, RT • Mark Howard, RT • Stacey Hunt, RN • Aesa Jackson, OT • Jona Jimenez, PT • Denita Johnston, RN • Danielle Kilburn, RN • Monika Kosztyo, Pharmacist • Andrea Kovalcheck, RN • Emily Lashway, RN • Shane Lazaro, RN • Mabel Lliguin, CNA • Lorna Lopez, RN • Sarah Lucas, RN • Susan Lynch, RN • Angelia McGee, CMT • Diego Medina, RN • Jeffrey Meyer, CNA • Jose Montenegro Cruz, RN • Laree Moton, SW • Zeb Orrick, CMT • Maria Ortega-Polanco, RN • Gabrielle Peralta, RN • Kadence Ramos, CMT • Emmelyn Rivas, RN • David Rosenthal, CMT • Maria Sackett, RN • Stephanie Salazar, RN • Francis Simon, Pharmacist • Marlene Simon, RN • Sally Sotelo, RN • Jemalyn Spirig, CNA • Tenny Thomas, PT • Jeremy Thompson, OT • Fasil Tulu, RN • Blen Mark Velonza, RN • Ralph Vinas, CMT • Pamela Waltrip, RN • Chantal White, RN • Sheila Williams, CMT • Lynette York, RN
I would like to nominate the awesome team of nurses, monitor techs, and burn techs serving our patients in the Lion’s Burn Care Center. While they are always self-sacrificing, patient-centered, and continuously exceed our expectations, one specific encounter this past weekend deserves recognition. It pertains to a critically ill patient housed in the Burn ICU with approximately 20 percent total body surface area second and third-degree burns to all four extremities, and his face after he was found down behind a shed, burned.
We have been treating this patient for his extensive burn wounds and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). The patient has high ventilator requirements and could not safely tolerate transport to the operating room for his much-needed burn debridement in order to stop the cycle of inflammation and infection, which is the etiology of his ARDS. I planned a bedside debridement for this patient in conjunction with our charge nurse, Anesthesia, Burn Techs, and Nursing Team. Our Burn Team quickly mobilized. Our monitor tech coordinated the delivery of much-needed surgical instruments and supplies to our Burn ICU, while our charge nurse mobilized a number of our nurses and burn techs in coordination with Anesthesia. The burn team ensured we had available blood supplies ready at the bedside, in addition to the preparation of a sterile room to simulate the OR environment.
It was “all hands on deck” without question, without complaint, and without hesitation. The patient received the utmost benefits. After debridement, his leukocytosis began to resolve, and he is successfully weaning from the ventilator. The Burn Team’s consistent and ongoing dedication to our patients is why our Burn Center remains the best Burn Center in the state.
We have been treating this patient for his extensive burn wounds and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). The patient has high ventilator requirements and could not safely tolerate transport to the operating room for his much-needed burn debridement in order to stop the cycle of inflammation and infection, which is the etiology of his ARDS. I planned a bedside debridement for this patient in conjunction with our charge nurse, Anesthesia, Burn Techs, and Nursing Team. Our Burn Team quickly mobilized. Our monitor tech coordinated the delivery of much-needed surgical instruments and supplies to our Burn ICU, while our charge nurse mobilized a number of our nurses and burn techs in coordination with Anesthesia. The burn team ensured we had available blood supplies ready at the bedside, in addition to the preparation of a sterile room to simulate the OR environment.
It was “all hands on deck” without question, without complaint, and without hesitation. The patient received the utmost benefits. After debridement, his leukocytosis began to resolve, and he is successfully weaning from the ventilator. The Burn Team’s consistent and ongoing dedication to our patients is why our Burn Center remains the best Burn Center in the state.
Thank you for your exceptional compassion, advocacy, and dedication to your patients. You truly make a difference.
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