CPR by Technician Saves 4-Hour-Old Baby

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CPR by Technician Saves 4-Hour-Old Baby

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Sore and groggy from her cesarean section, Lorraine Stewart snuggled her 4-hour-old baby against her chest in her hospital bed as he nursed. Full and content, Court nestled in her arms, shut his eyes and went quiet. Lorraine lay back to rest. – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: CPR by Technician Saves 4-Hour-Old Baby

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CPR by Technician Saves 4-Hour-Old Baby
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A 4-hour-old Stopped Breathing. A Patient Care
Technician Saved Him. Sore and groggy from her
cesarean section, Lorraine Stewart snuggled her
4-hour-old baby against her chest in her hospital
bed as he nursed. Full and content, Court nestled
in her arms, shut his eyes and went quiet.
Lorraine lay back to rest. Shortly after,
patient care technician Hallie Allison popped
into Lorraine's room. It was time to take her
vital signs. Allison readied the blood pressure
cuff and asked Lorraine if she wanted to sit in a
chair for a while. Lorraine nodded, yes, and she
shifted in bed. Court didn't move. The two women
stared down at him. He was still and his face
gray. Lorraine stroked her baby's head and rubbed
his tiny shoulder. "Buddy, are you OK?" Allison
trained her eyes on his face. "No, he's not OK."
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For Allison, a certified nursing assistant, it
was a moment she'd trained for. For Lorraine and
her husband, Will, the joyous occasion of
welcoming a second child into the world after
years of trying quickly slipped into a surreal
panic. Allison wanted practical experience as
she planned for her next steps in health care.
When a patient care technician position opened up
on the mother-baby unit at Piedmont Athens
hospital in Athens, Georgia, she applied right
away and got it. She quickly settled into her
role of checking vital signs of women who'd just
given birth, giving babies their first bath and
removing IVs, catheters and staples. One day
four months into the job, Allison stepped into
Room 3117. Lorraine's room. After seeing Court's
face and his limp, lifeless body, she jumped into
action.
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"My first instinct was to start CPR," Allison
said. She took Court from Lorraine and placed
him in his bassinet. Within seconds, she called
her charge nurse. "Something's not right,"
Allison said. "I don't think he's
breathing." Allison started infant CPR, using two
thumbs to press onto the middle of the baby's
chest. Meanwhile, her supervisor ran down the
hallway to Lorraine's room. She grabbed Court and
flipped him onto her forearm. She gave chest
thrusts and back blows to dislodge anything that
might be stuck in his throat. Then she whisked
him out of the room. "Call the NICU," she yelled
to her colleagues. Allison and Will followed.
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The room became eerily quiet. Lorraine sat up,
her eyes staring wildly. She was achy and
exhausted after the C-section. Now instead of
focusing on healing, she was rigid and
alert. Her parents were on their way, driving to
meet their new grandson. But they wouldn't arrive
for another four hours. Alone, she started to
tremble. Then Allison came back into the room.
She'd left Court's care to the more highly
trained staffers. "How are you doing, mom?" she
said. Lorraine's face crumpled. "Scoot over,"
Allison said, getting into the bed beside
Lorraine and hugging her. Both women cried.
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"Talk to me about anything else besides what just
happened," Lorraine told her. Allison spoke about
her fiancée now, her husband. Lorraine shared
stories about her family. Meanwhile, a team of
nurses and doctors continued CPR on Court.
Finally, he took a breath. A test of his brain
activity suggested he'd had a seizure, though
results were inconclusive. Doctors put him on a
low dose of anti-seizure medication anyway. He
settled into the neonatal intensive care unit for
further monitoring. Allison went home at the end
of her shift, but she couldn't stop thinking
about the Stewarts. She called her colleagues to
check on them throughout the night. For the next
several weeks, she visited every day she was at
work. Lorraine and Will got to hold Court again
four days later. He wasn't strong enough to eat
on his own. He required a feeding tube for
months. A month after birth, he went home.
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Now, he's a happy and healthy 1-year-old. He
started crawling later than most babies.
Otherwise, he's hit every milestone. He recently
stopped taking the anti-seizure medication. His
pediatrician pegs his excellent outcome to how
quickly he received high-quality CPR. "Hallie
didn't hesitate," Lorraine said. "She had the
instincts to act right away." The Stewarts and
Allison text often, share photos and meet up for
meals. "The fact that she came back and checked
on me shows just how great of a person she is,"
Lorraine said. "I think about her every time I
look at Court." When Allison married last fall,
Lorraine and Court were there. At the ceremony,
Allison and her friends from the hospital doted
over him. Inspired by her experience with the
Stewarts, Allison recently applied to a midwifery
and nurse practitioner program.
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This year, Allison also won her hospital's
Presidential Award. While on stage accepting the
award, she received another surprise the
Stewarts showed up. She looked at Court and
teared up. "You really think, 'I'm never going
to have to use CPR,'" Allison said. "Then it
happens. And you don't think, you just
do." Source https//www.heart.org/en/news/2024/
03/11/a-4-hour-old-stopped-breathing-a-patient-car
e-technician-saved-him By Deborah Lynn Blumberg,
American Heart Association News
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