October 2024
Erica
Burnham
,
BSN, RN
Emergency Department
Wellstar Paulding Medical Center
Hiram
,
GA
United States
He had no parents, and she stayed with him until the end.
I would like to recognize Erica Burnham for her extraordinary nursing. I was not a patient here but a bystander to an accident. A kid was involved in a motorcycle accident in a nearby area. The accident was so bad this young boy’s bones were out of his skin. This nurse ran to help this young boy. She tied things around his bones to stop the bleeding, and she coached me on how to help her. She kept this young boy calm until the police came. He had no parents, and she stayed with him until the end.