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Sitting on the other side of care

As a clinical patient experience manager , Crystal Theel is accustomed to walking the halls of Pali Momi Medical Center . But in the summer of 2017 , she entered the emergency department as the concerned family member of a patient . Crystal ’ s father and stepmother , Paula , were vacationing in Hawai ‘ i , when Paula developed a cough that became progressively worse . A lung and blood cancer survivor , Paula is vulnerable to various illnesses so to be safe , Crystal and her father took Paula to an urgent care clinic by their home in Kapolei . Paula was given antibiotics and an inhaler , but she continued to deteriorate . The family decided to take her to the Emergency Department at Pali Momi .
The staff immediately took Paula to a triage nurse and then into a room where the ED team diagnosed her with sepsis . “ There wasn ’ t a step missed by the staff ,” Crystal recalls , “ One of the nurses was an angel . My dad is nonmedical and was very worried , so she interpreted in layman ’ s terms physician updates , procedures and lab results . We were informed every step of the way , which made us feel safe and cared about .”
Once Paula was stabilized , she was transported to the fourth floor to
Jim and Paula Nolan visiting Hawai ‘ i .
recover . While the family ’ s vacation took an unexpected turn that transformed a scheduled 10-day trip to almost three weeks , Crystal expressed her gratitude saying , “ Thank you Pali Momi ED , fourth floor team , all of our amazing physicians and thank you to my Pali Momi ‘ ohana for all the prayers , love and most importantly , thank you to everyone for treating us like family .”
Donations to Pali Momi ’ s Area of Greatest Need Fund contribute to enhancing care in all of these patient service areas .
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