Celeste Christiansen, RN, was hiking with her family on a rocky section of the Waterfall Canyon trail near Ogden when she noticed a hiker who'd been injured and was considering walking back down the trail.
Celeste Christiansen, RN
"We were a couple miles up in a steep, uneven area and I noticed a woman sitting on a rock who appeared to be in pain," says Celeste, who's a charge nurse in the inpatient rehab unit at McKay-Dee Hospital. "I asked her what happened, and she mentioned she'd injured her leg and was giving it a few minutes to rest. I asked if she could put weight on it and helped her to stand. You could tell it hurt a lot."
The woman told Celeste she wanted to walk back down the trail to her car, with the help of her husband who was there with her. Celeste quickly looked around to find something she could use to stabilize the woman's ankle.
"I didn't want her to go down the steep trail and make her injury worse," says Celeste. "I didn't have my bandana, but I did have a cooling cloth you can use to keep your neck cool. I used it to stabilize the ankle and make a splint. I wrapped it around a couple times and helped her put her shoe back on."
The woman told Celeste she wanted to walk back down the trail to her car, with the help of her husband who was there with her. Celeste quickly looked around to find something she could use to stabilize the woman's ankle.
"I didn't want her to go down the steep trail and make her injury worse," says Celeste. "I didn't have my bandana, but I did have a cooling cloth you can use to keep your neck cool. I used it to stabilize the ankle and make a splint. I wrapped it around a couple times and helped her put her shoe back on."
The woman thanked Celeste and said her husband could take it from there to help her down the hill. "I never thought I'd hear from them again," says Celeste.
A couple of months later a man carrying a folded-up cloth came into McKay-Dee Hospital's rehab unit and approached Whitney Petri, an occupational therapist. He said he wanted to thank the nurse who'd helped his wife and return her cooling cloth. His wife included a kind note with the cloth, and Whitney figured out it was Celeste who'd helped him.
"He told me how much he appreciated Celeste and said he couldn't have gotten his wife down the mountain without the splint on her ankle," says Whitney.
"This is an awesome example of our caregivers living our mission and the impact we have on people's lives in our community," says Peter Whelan, RN, nurse manager of the neuro-specialty rehab unit at McKay-Dee. "When I thanked Celeste, she just smiled and said she was in the right place at the right time. I'm grateful we have caregivers like her at Intermountain."
This caregiver recognition story was shared in the Executive Leadership Team Tier 6 Huddle with Intermountain's top leadership team. Outstanding caregivers are recognized daily in the Tier 6 Huddle.
A couple of months later a man carrying a folded-up cloth came into McKay-Dee Hospital's rehab unit and approached Whitney Petri, an occupational therapist. He said he wanted to thank the nurse who'd helped his wife and return her cooling cloth. His wife included a kind note with the cloth, and Whitney figured out it was Celeste who'd helped him.
"He told me how much he appreciated Celeste and said he couldn't have gotten his wife down the mountain without the splint on her ankle," says Whitney.
"This is an awesome example of our caregivers living our mission and the impact we have on people's lives in our community," says Peter Whelan, RN, nurse manager of the neuro-specialty rehab unit at McKay-Dee. "When I thanked Celeste, she just smiled and said she was in the right place at the right time. I'm grateful we have caregivers like her at Intermountain."
This caregiver recognition story was shared in the Executive Leadership Team Tier 6 Huddle with Intermountain's top leadership team. Outstanding caregivers are recognized daily in the Tier 6 Huddle.