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Amy Baumgardner
Amy Baumgardner
Springfield Regional Medical Center Fountain Campus - ER
On a cold, snowy, winter night Amy was involved with a patient who was not given a good prognosis and would have to be transferred to another hospital for a higher level of care. The patient's husband was there and would have no way of getting to the other hospital. Even though the Doctor had told him of how critical his wife was the staff didn't think he really was aware how dire the situation was. They had children all out of state and the one that lived the closest was 3 hours away. Now there really was a problem, this woman was not going to live long and her husband needed to be with her, but how? Not much traffic was on the road due to the cold and snow. Amy would find a way to make this happen. She finished out her shift and thought she would just drive him to the other hospital, then she realized she hadn't driven her own vehicle and had only $5.00 on her person and no gas in the car, so with a collection of money taken from the night crew they left. During the ride to the other hospital he talked to Amy about the wonderful children they had raised on what he called a mediocre salary and how proud they were of their children. He told Amy how much he loved this woman that he had been married to for over 50 years and he told her of the things they had accomplished during their life together. They arrived at the other hospital and Amy stayed with this man providing comfort and support to him until his own children began arriving. Amy followed up with this man and learned that his wife had passed away. Amy gave him her condolences. Can you imagine what her kindness meant to him - I am sure that it gave him strength. Amy put our core values into action as follows: Compassion - to serve with mercy and tenderness Excellence - to be the best in the quality of our services and the stewardship of our resources. Human Dignity - Our commitment to value the diversity of all persons and to be respectful and inclusive of everyone. Justice - To act with integrity, honesty and truthfulness Sacredness of life - To reverence all life and creation. Service - Our commitment to respond to those in need. Amy went above and beyond the call of duty and has had tremendous professional growth since this occurrence. Amy I am so very proud of you and proud to know someone of your character. This act of kindness given to a mere stranger will surely last a lifetime.
Nominated by Pamela Dyer
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