May 2013 Honoree
jennifer kinney, RN
Jennifer Kinney RN was set to get her certification in CPR in a few days. Instead, Jennifer got some unexpected real-life training, and likely saved 63 year old man's life. This man had a heart attack last Wednesday inside the party room at Scotty P's restaurant in Allen. There for a Collin County Umpires Association board meeting, he suddenly collapsed and hit a table on the way down. Fellow umpires called 911 and others ran over to Acute Kids Urgent Care next door, pleading that this man was having a seizure.
The doctor and technician two of four people on staff that day were busy, so Jennifer a part-time nurse, hustled to this man. "He was clearly not having a seizure, but was slumped over in a chair, very sweaty." Jennifer said, "Within 30 seconds, his appearance changed and he had no pulse, so I started compressions." Certification 101 at its realest. She continued compressions to little avail. This man wasn't responding. "Being in a restaurant, I didn't have available all I'd like to have, "she said. "There was no oxygen or crash cart, so it was definitely a different situation. But I know the fire department was on the way."
Jennifer relayed this man's status via speaker phone to the 911 dispatcher, and pumped blood through his body until paramedics took over. CareFlite couldn't get there fast enough, so an ambulance took this man to nearby Medical Center of McKinney. Doctors determined he had full blockage in his coronary artery, and used multiple shocks to keep him alive. He survived. "We had moved the board meeting up 30 minutes and it happened five minutes after I got there," said the patient, who was released from the hospital Saturday night. "If it had happened five minutes differently one way or the other, I might not have made it, Jennifer saved my life."
The patient got to meet Jennifer Kinney RN, the nurse who possibly saved his life after his sudden heart attack last week.
The doctor and technician two of four people on staff that day were busy, so Jennifer a part-time nurse, hustled to this man. "He was clearly not having a seizure, but was slumped over in a chair, very sweaty." Jennifer said, "Within 30 seconds, his appearance changed and he had no pulse, so I started compressions." Certification 101 at its realest. She continued compressions to little avail. This man wasn't responding. "Being in a restaurant, I didn't have available all I'd like to have, "she said. "There was no oxygen or crash cart, so it was definitely a different situation. But I know the fire department was on the way."
Jennifer relayed this man's status via speaker phone to the 911 dispatcher, and pumped blood through his body until paramedics took over. CareFlite couldn't get there fast enough, so an ambulance took this man to nearby Medical Center of McKinney. Doctors determined he had full blockage in his coronary artery, and used multiple shocks to keep him alive. He survived. "We had moved the board meeting up 30 minutes and it happened five minutes after I got there," said the patient, who was released from the hospital Saturday night. "If it had happened five minutes differently one way or the other, I might not have made it, Jennifer saved my life."
The patient got to meet Jennifer Kinney RN, the nurse who possibly saved his life after his sudden heart attack last week.
Thank you, Jennifer, for your exceptional compassion, advocacy, and dedication to your patients. You truly make a difference.
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