Janie K. Ford, RN, CFRN, MS, MSN, AGACNP-BC (she/her/hers)

Life after near death- From the perspective of patient and EMS family member
AirMed University of Utah
Bountiful, Utah

I have been a flight nurse for 40 years both in Southern California and the Salt Lake area, and have been a frequent presenter at national and local conferences. I have served as the clinical educator for three different flight programs and as committee chair for CAMTS re-accreditations, and serve on the ASTNA Education Committee. I also work as an adult acute care Nurse Practitioner as a hospitalist in an orthopedic hospital.
This presentation is my very personal experience as a critically ill patient in 2023 and the presentation tells the story through my eyes (which were closed for much of the time!) and the eyes of another flight nurse who happens to be a family member who was there from the beginning. Getting back to flying after being comatose and in the ICU has been an uphill battle full of significant challenges. I review the pathophysiology of septic shock and being periarrest prior to surgery. I present lessons learned in the hopes of improving every transport professionals care of critically ill patients including priorities likely never considered before, and hope to instill a sense of just how traumatic and life altering it can be to be a critically ill patient on the brink of death.
I live in the Salt Lake City area and have an amazing husband, 4 adult children, 14 beautiful grandchildren, 2 dogs and a beautiful therapy horse.

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Presentation(s):

• Life After Near Death: From the Perspective of the Patient and an EMS Family Member

  Tuesday, November 5, 2024
  14:15 – 15:15 MST