August 7, 2019
In Texarkana, Texas, patient transport team member Martin Hunt received the Helping Hand Award from his facility. Recently, while transporting a patient, Martin noticed a quick change of condition in the patient. He quickly notified the clinical staff and was able to get immediate life-saving help for the individual. The ER team attended to the patient, who successfully recovered from the situation.
"[Martin's] quick observation made it possible for the patient to receive quick treatment from the nurses.”
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Director Brian Moczynski tells the story: “In transport, we train and talk about change of condition. This is so transporters can recognize when the condition of the patient is changing and may need immediate help. We received this email below from a security guard about our overnight transporter, Martin Hunt. Martin was able to recognize a change in a patient's condition and was able to get immediate help. The patient was starting to have a seizure and was quickly attended to by ER staff because of Martin's observations. Thank you, Martin, for your keen observation and quick thinking.”
Email from Security Guard:
"I work in Security, and was in the back of the ER at the nurses station in front of room #8. I was tasked with watching our psych patient. I was heavy in discussion with my lieutenant when transporter Martin came by taking the patient to CT and noticed the patient in room #8 was having a seizure. Had he not brought this observation to the medical staff it could have been worse. I feel his quick observation made it possible for the patient to receive quick treatment from the nurses."
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