Brooke Meyers has been a member of the Children's Hospital Critical Care Transport team for 3 years. Last summer, during the devastating fires that swept through Redding, she was a key member in facilitating the evacuation of critical neonates from Mercy Redding to UC Davis. Brooke was quick on her foot to start working on a plan to facilitate the transport of 4 critically ill babies down to UC Davis while maintaining patient safety throughout the transport. She first started by working with the nursing supervisor at UC Davis and REACH Air Medical Services to come up with a plan.
Brooke assisted our NICU transport team with dispatching a transport before going out to care for her own patient. Her patient was a baby born 13 weeks early who still required respiratory support and needed an experienced critical care transport nurse to ensure the best care. She showed courage by taking a Fixed Wing aircraft flight to Redding through the smoke and fire conditions.
Brooke was able to provide compassionate care for her baby, who did not have any family present on arrival and made the trip to UCD with no family present. Brooke ensured the baby was comfortable for the trip and maintained ICU level of care while on transport. The baby eventually was able to go back to Redding once the fires were stabilized. Because of Brooke's integrity to provide excellent care in a stressful situation, UC Davis was able to provide emergency relief to another community and the baby had a good outcome.