November 2017
Gayle
Bellino
,
BSN, BSH, RN
Post Anesthesia Care Unit
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
Downers Grove
,
IL
United States

 

 

 

I became Gayle's patient in PACU. She quickly noticed that my blood pressure was dropping and my abdomen was getting more distended. She notified my surgeon and anesthesiologist immediately. I went for STAT CT which showed I was bleeding and she administered blood and kept the OR open for me. She allowed my family to see me before I returned to the OR. I was in hypovolemic shock and I would have died if it wasn't for her.