December 2022 Honoree
Jaimie Walsh, RN, BSN
My son, J, has been in the PICU for 5 weeks. He was first admitted with complications from his Leukemia treatment. He then was believed to have IPS for which he was treated. After a period of time, he was intubated and placed on ECMO. Jaimie has truly been unselfish. She has stayed late 1-2 hours after every shift to transition and help clean after a bowel movement. Never once did she complain.
One evening as she was doing the handoff, she realized that his right chest appeared inflated. She immediately called the resident to come to take a look. She coached (encouraged) the resident to call the attending or fellow to come to take a look. Once they arrived they quickly performed an ultrasound and uncovered a pneumothorax before it was a problem. She also prevented the RT tech from conducting HIT treatment until we confirmed the diagnosis. Both of these decisions made by Jamie could have saved his life. I will be forever grateful for her training and knowledge to recognize the situation and to quickly act.
One evening as she was doing the handoff, she realized that his right chest appeared inflated. She immediately called the resident to come to take a look. She coached (encouraged) the resident to call the attending or fellow to come to take a look. Once they arrived they quickly performed an ultrasound and uncovered a pneumothorax before it was a problem. She also prevented the RT tech from conducting HIT treatment until we confirmed the diagnosis. Both of these decisions made by Jamie could have saved his life. I will be forever grateful for her training and knowledge to recognize the situation and to quickly act.
Thank you, Jaimie, for your exceptional compassion, advocacy, and dedication to your patients. You truly make a difference.
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