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April
Service Star of the MonthChristine Crane, home health aide
Christine Crane, home health aide, Lehigh Valley Home Care During a routine hospice call, Christine Crane learned to trust her instincts. She arrived at a patient’s house and was surprised when no one answered. “I had a feeling something was wrong, because the lights were on and the door was locked,” Crane says. She heard moans and a voice calling out, “Help me, I fell down.” From outside the house, Crane asked if the woman was OK, then called 9-1-1. While waiting for the ambulance, Crane heard another person in distress. She grabbed a hammer from the garage, wrapped her scrubs around it and broke a window to get inside the home. She found the dazed woman in the hallway and her boyfriend on the bathroom floor. Crane knew he had diabetes and was worried he was in shock. She stayed with both people until paramedics arrived. “I talked to her daughter, who thanked me for everything I did,” Crane says. “She was glad someone was there and got help.” Congratulations to Award Nominees Heather Przybys, R.N., trauma neuro intensive care unit (TNICU), LVH–Cedar Crest Susan Newhard, director, acute coronary unit/progressive coronary care unit, and Kathy Felix, case manager, LVH–Cedar Crest Emergency Department (ED), LVH–17th and Chew To nominate a star, go to e-mail’s bulletin board at Forms_rewards. Right click to “use form.” This page last updated 2/12/08 04:08 PM
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