UAB Emergency Team Awarded by ASNA

Mar 11, 2022 at 07:39 am by steve

Donald Reiff, MD; Blayke Gibson, MD; Sherichia Hardy, RN; India Alford, RN

The Nurse Legion of Honor Medal is the highest award presented by the Alabama State Nurses Association in its 109 year history. The criteria mirrors that of the Medal of Honor for the military. Nurses who preform acts of courage with risks beyond those normally associated with the profession are nominated and screened by their peers to qualify for the Medal.

Two UAB ER nurses, India Alford and Sherichia Hardy received medals. Alford and Hardy assisted in the field amputation to save a victim of the 2021 Fultondale tornado. On the night of the tornado, the two nurses rushed to the victim's home, where they set up IVs and blood to stabilize him until Donald Reiff, MD and Courtney Blayke Gibson, MD arrived. With the house on the verge of collapse, the team determined the only way to save Hernandez was to perform an on-site amputation, which the nurses did while Drs. Reiff and Gibson conducted a field amputation to free a trapped resident and save his life. Drs. Reiff and Gibson also received the ASNA Outstanding Medical Practice Award.

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