Top Left to Right: Monie Johnson RN, Janine Cole RN, Dr. Shaw, Stelvin Mills RT, Alvie Vickers RN, Amanda Parker LVN, Bottom Row Left to Right Sandy Lara RN, Mary Burgess RN, and Misty Wilburn RN
May 2016
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East Texas Medical Center
Jacksonville
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TX
United States
It was 11am, Dec. 14, 2015, when the call from EMS came into the emergency center at ETMC Jacksonville. The report I got was, "We have a two-year-old found drowned in a pool and we're headed your way" said Amanda Parker, LVN, still emotional about the incident months later.
Toddler BG was in Jacksonville visiting relatives with his parents from Florida, when he wandered off. "Dad found him, pulled him out and started CPR while another family member called 911," they recounted.
Emergency specialist Mark Shaw, MD, was on duty at ETMC that day. "When he came in, he wasn't breathing on his own; he didn't have a pulse; his pupils were fixed and dilated" said Dr. Shaw.
While the family held a prayerful vigil in the waiting area, ETMC emergency team members worked for approximately an hour - more than double the normal time for conducting CPR. They also suctioned water from BG's lungs and applied heat to raise his core body temperature. "I just thought of him as being my son on that table and I wasn't going to stop" said Amanda Parker, who also has a two-year-old boy.
Then it happened. "The child moved his hands, his pupils became reactive and he started breathing some on his own. I can't explain that medically" said Dr. Shaw.
"It was definitely a Christmas miracle" said the boy's mother. "We thank God for the people at ETMC. We are forever grateful. It's the best feeling in the whole world - he's got a future and we are excited for it."
Toddler BG was in Jacksonville visiting relatives with his parents from Florida, when he wandered off. "Dad found him, pulled him out and started CPR while another family member called 911," they recounted.
Emergency specialist Mark Shaw, MD, was on duty at ETMC that day. "When he came in, he wasn't breathing on his own; he didn't have a pulse; his pupils were fixed and dilated" said Dr. Shaw.
While the family held a prayerful vigil in the waiting area, ETMC emergency team members worked for approximately an hour - more than double the normal time for conducting CPR. They also suctioned water from BG's lungs and applied heat to raise his core body temperature. "I just thought of him as being my son on that table and I wasn't going to stop" said Amanda Parker, who also has a two-year-old boy.
Then it happened. "The child moved his hands, his pupils became reactive and he started breathing some on his own. I can't explain that medically" said Dr. Shaw.
"It was definitely a Christmas miracle" said the boy's mother. "We thank God for the people at ETMC. We are forever grateful. It's the best feeling in the whole world - he's got a future and we are excited for it."