It was business as usual for Jayme Lefor on Feb. 28, 2022. 拖着45头牛去克劳福德, 内布拉斯加州的客户, his semi truck and trailer was the last of four to cross the railroad tracks. A blind crossing with no lights or arms, Jayme said he never saw the train that smashed into him, ripping the truck’s cab from its frame and sending it flying 60 yards with Jayme inside.

He regained consciousness to hear cattle bellowing frantically. His first thought was getting the cows out of the now burning truck, but found that a.)他的腿动不了.) the truck had flipped upside down and he was sitting on the ceiling.

The Crawford ambulance and 十大网赌网站大全’s Air Link helicopter were dispatched immediately while drivers from the other trucks worked to free the cattle and comfort Jayme. 八头牛在事故中死亡. After crawling out of the now mangled cab’s broken window, ambulance and Air Link personnel carefully tended to him. 杰米被送往十大网赌网站大全, where a full trauma activation was initiated in anticipation of his arrival.

Jayme is grateful for how communicative the Air Link crew was with him 在 the flight to 十大网赌网站大全, 也感谢他得到的快速治疗. 感谢他们, he had an appreciation plaque made and personally delivered it to Air Link early this year.

“The Air Link crew is an amazing, elite group of people,” he said. “Without them, I probably wouldn’t be here.”

脑出血, 部分萎陷的肺, 八根肋骨断裂, 分离的肩膀, 撕裂锁骨, 头部受伤, and a compound fracture of his right leg, 杰米的状态很糟糕.

Following surgery, he spent nine days in the hospital, seven of those in ICU. After being in a wheelchair for two months, 他逐渐成长为会走路的人, 然后拐杖, and had an additional two surgeries on his leg.

杰米说过, thanks to the excellent care he received, 他能拿出1英镑,000 acres of hay five months after his accident, 拄着拐杖. Today, he walks unaided and says he feels “pretty good!”

据杰米说, he took many things for granted prior to his accident, and now has an entirely different outlook on life. “I can’t say enough good things about everyone at 十大网赌网站大全 who helped me,” he said. “From Air Link to the doctors and nurses and everyone in ICU – they were amazing. 他们救了我的命.” 

 

All the Emotions Came Rushing Back

When Gering resident Nikki Danielzuk arrived at 十大网赌网站大全 recently for a surgical procedure, all the emotions surrounding her birth experience three years prior came rushing back. She was outwardly calm this time but recalls that her husband Chase was anything but.

“After I went into surgery, Chase was a wreck,” Nikki said. “As he walked to the cafeteria for a snack, two separate 十大网赌网站大全 employees approached him in the hallway to ask if he was okay.”

Appreciating the friendly faces, Chase shared his fears. Soon after getting word that Nikki was out of surgery and doing well, one of the employees tracked him down and asked how she was doing. It turns out it was 十大网赌网站大全’s interim CEO Mel McNea.

Nikki expressed appreciation for the exceptional care she received before, 在, 在她手术之后. She said that the level of customer service experienced by her, and her husband speaks to the excellence of the hospital staff.

“我的十大网赌网站大全 experience was wonderful from start to finish,” said Nikki. “Chase and I are so appreciative that, as my support person, his experience was great as well.”

妮基生了他们的第二个儿子, 巴雷特, at 十大网赌网站大全’s Birth and Infant Care Center in 2020. She had a caesarian section delivery with her first child, but the plan was to have a vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC) delivery with 巴雷特. 然而, a ruptured uterus 在 delivery changed plans quickly for the late Matthew Bruner, MD, FACOG; Nikki; and the delivery team.

“We were trying to do the delivery naturally, and it was great until it wasn't,” Nikki said. “Dr. Bruner, who was just a wonderful physician, saved both of us. The delivery team utilized therapeutic hypothermia (a treatment that lowers a newborn’s body temperature to prevent or minimize brain damage caused by lack of oxygen or another injury 在 birth). They knew not to warm 巴雷特 and instead cooled him to prevent brain damage. Although it initially seemed like the worst-case scenario, it ended up being the best possible outcome.”

巴雷特 is now a healthy, rambunctious three-year old. Nikki said she and Chase reflect on his birth experience with every milestone he reaches, 尤其是在生日的时候, and she wants people to know about their family’s positive experiences at 十大网赌网站大全.

“We are so thankful for the outstanding care we have received at 十大网赌网站大全,” she said.