A FANTASTIC JOB DONE!!!!!!

[Dplear]

As I assume all of you have heard about the flooding in Houston this past week, I thought I might tell you a bit about the part that the nurses played in it.

The Texas Medical Center, over 30 hospitals in a 3 square mile area was totally flooded. It was one of the hardest hit areas in town. Memorial Hermann hospital, a 550 bed hosptial had to be totally evacuated after it's emergency generators were under 12 (twelve) FEET of water. There was no AC, power or lgihts of any type nor was there any phones. The water system was totally contaminated ( and still is) throught the whole medical center. Those nurses that were there had to stay of course and nurses that were off shift made their way slowly to the hospital and manually vented pt's on vent's for over 12 hours during the evac, then carried them down up to 10 flights of stairs, never once did anyone hear any grumbling about the conditions. They also had to shut down St. Lukes, the home of the Heart transplant and evacuate all their patients as well. during the flooding only 2 hospital were able to take pt's. All through this nurses from other hospitals were coming in to help at the stricken hospitals on their own time. That is team work. Every news cast about it and every doctor interviewed spoke highly of the nurses that handled this DISASTER with grace and PROFESSIONALISM. A FANTASTIC JOB done by nurses. I want everyone to know about this so we all may stand proud of who we are and what we mean to people...literally we mean life or death to them.

[Dplear]

As I assume all of you have heard about the flooding in Houston this past week, I thought I might tell you a bit about the part that the nurses played in it.

The Texas Medical Center, over 30 hospitals in a 3 square mile area was totally flooded. It was one of the hardest hit areas in town. Memorial Hermann hospital, a 550 bed hosptial had to be totally evacuated after it's emergency generators were under 12 (twelve) FEET of water. There was no AC, power or lgihts of any type nor was there any phones. The water system was totally contaminated ( and still is) throught the whole medical center. Those nurses that were there had to stay of course and nurses that were off shift made their way slowly to the hospital and manually vented pt's on vent's for over 12 hours during the evac, then carried them down up to 10 flights of stairs, never once did anyone hear any grumbling about the conditions. They also had to shut down St. Lukes, the home of the Heart transplant and evacuate all their patients as well. during the flooding only 2 hospital were able to take pt's. All through this nurses from other hospitals were coming in to help at the stricken hospitals on their own time. That is team work. Every news cast about it and every doctor interviewed spoke highly of the nurses that handled this DISASTER with grace and PROFESSIONALISM. A FANTASTIC JOB done by nurses. I want everyone to know about this so we all may stand proud of who we are and what we mean to people...literally we mean life or death to them.

[P_RN, ADN, RN]

I want everyone to know about this so we all may stand proud of who we are and what we mean to people...literally we mean life or death to them.

AMEN

[P_RN, ADN, RN]

I want everyone to know about this so we all may stand proud of who we are and what we mean to people...literally we mean life or death to them.

AMEN

[Jenny P]

Dplear, this is the type of news that should be on the front of every newspaper and at the front of every nightly news hour there is. Thank you for sharing this with us. Here in the Twin Cities, we heard about the floods, but there was nothing about the hospitals flooding on the news, nor about these courageous nurses who were brave enough to do this for the patients in those hospitals. Thank you for sharing this with us. It does make me feel proud to be a nurse. :)

[Jenny P]

Dplear, this is the type of news that should be on the front of every newspaper and at the front of every nightly news hour there is. Thank you for sharing this with us. Here in the Twin Cities, we heard about the floods, but there was nothing about the hospitals flooding on the news, nor about these courageous nurses who were brave enough to do this for the patients in those hospitals. Thank you for sharing this with us. It does make me feel proud to be a nurse. :)

[lesliee]

BRAVO! :)

[lesliee]

BRAVO! :)

[Joybug]

I actually did not here about the flooding - my local news is quite insular.

However, wow!!

I hope that you have a very public thank you ceremony to which everyone in the community is invited, especially the media. Actually, 3 ceremonies - one for each shift!

[Joybug]

I actually did not here about the flooding - my local news is quite insular.

However, wow!!

I hope that you have a very public thank you ceremony to which everyone in the community is invited, especially the media. Actually, 3 ceremonies - one for each shift!

[welvrdogz]

That is a remarkable story and YES, more media attention should have been brought to this. You will always have this memory to carry with you and I'm sure everyone that played a part in this felt very good to be able to make such an impact on so many lives. Bless you!

[welvrdogz]

That is a remarkable story and YES, more media attention should have been brought to this. You will always have this memory to carry with you and I'm sure everyone that played a part in this felt very good to be able to make such an impact on so many lives. Bless you!