October 2023
Yuriy
Olshannikov
,
BSN, RN
Pediatric Transport
Advocate Children's Hospital
Elmhurst
,
IL
United States
Yuriy will sit in dispatch and take calls when volumes are high and then dispatch himself out on those calls. He collaborates with me or his other RT partners on every call and we work as a team. He values his RT partner and our expertise, knowledge, and skill level. He always puts his patients first.
I am nominating Yuriy because he is not only an amazing nurse, he is an outstanding partner. Here on the pediatric transport team we work side by side as partners (RN & RT). Being sent out to different hospitals every day for different ages and illnesses; you always have to be ready when that dispatch phone rings. Yuriy will sit in dispatch and take calls when volumes are high and then dispatch himself out on those calls. He collaborates with me or his other RT partners on every call and we work as a team. He values his RT partner and our expertise, knowledge, and skill level. He always puts his patients first.
I could give you many examples of his amazingness and choosing one is hard but we recently had a call for a pediatric patient. When the call initially came in we had limited information. We were told possible choking, seizures, chest compressions and were sent out the door with lights and sirens. On arrival to the hospital, it was a mess; the smell of feces and vomit could knock you out, a parent holding down an IV site because they were told it was positional while it was open to gravity, a medication bag was hanging and was open and dripping on to the floor all while this toddler was screaming and squirming with parents who looked terrified out of their minds just staring down at them. Yuriy took control of the patient, while I took control of the parents. He changed the patient's diaper, did an assessment, and calmed him down. Yuriy then stepped out of the room to call medical control. When doing so, the patient's condition changed, and now there was an audible obstruction noted. I immediately got my partner's attention, told him of the change, and without even looking at the patient, Yuriy instructed medical control of the change, turned the call into a load and go, and we now diverted our patient to the peds ED versus our original destination of the PICU. Yuriy was actually able to inform our medical control on the phone of the exact process for an ENT patient with airway compromise. This patient made it safely to the peds ED, where they were waiting at the door for us on arrival.
Working with a partner on this team does develop a connection, but you absolutely must have open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making. It's the only way we can safely transport our pediatric patients from point A to point B. I have been very lucky and have had the pleasure of working and being partners with Yuriy for more than five years, and I look forward to many more.
I could give you many examples of his amazingness and choosing one is hard but we recently had a call for a pediatric patient. When the call initially came in we had limited information. We were told possible choking, seizures, chest compressions and were sent out the door with lights and sirens. On arrival to the hospital, it was a mess; the smell of feces and vomit could knock you out, a parent holding down an IV site because they were told it was positional while it was open to gravity, a medication bag was hanging and was open and dripping on to the floor all while this toddler was screaming and squirming with parents who looked terrified out of their minds just staring down at them. Yuriy took control of the patient, while I took control of the parents. He changed the patient's diaper, did an assessment, and calmed him down. Yuriy then stepped out of the room to call medical control. When doing so, the patient's condition changed, and now there was an audible obstruction noted. I immediately got my partner's attention, told him of the change, and without even looking at the patient, Yuriy instructed medical control of the change, turned the call into a load and go, and we now diverted our patient to the peds ED versus our original destination of the PICU. Yuriy was actually able to inform our medical control on the phone of the exact process for an ENT patient with airway compromise. This patient made it safely to the peds ED, where they were waiting at the door for us on arrival.
Working with a partner on this team does develop a connection, but you absolutely must have open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making. It's the only way we can safely transport our pediatric patients from point A to point B. I have been very lucky and have had the pleasure of working and being partners with Yuriy for more than five years, and I look forward to many more.