power during hurricane sandy. did you kind of great to have you with us tonight. congratulations on what you did. you ve done your profession and your life proud in many, many ways. when this was all unfolding, did you have a sense that it was going to get as bad as it did. we initially didn t. we had made many preparations to have our nursing staff as well as physicians on site in order to facility the most safe care, but we didn t have any idea the extent that the damage would cause. what did you go through, lori? what happened? i work on a unit that take care of babies that have heart disease or had heart surgery. we had seven babies who were critical patients who were not able to be removed from the hospital. did you think at any time that maybe some of them aren t going to make it? there was never a point that i thought that. we were all very nervous and concerned for the safety of our patients, but i really am so proud of my nyu co-workers, the nurses, nurse practitio
ways to donate to specific states in need of help. you can also visit redcross.org and click on donate funds to give to any red cross chapter. hurricane sandy has also caused a blood shortage because of blood drive cancelations. to find out where you can donate blood, visit redcrossblood.org. meanwhile, the storm has forced two major new york city hospitals to evacuate. backup generators failed at bellevue hospital and nyu langone medical center. hundreds of patients had to evacuate including patients in critical condition and 20 babies from the intensive care unit. doctors described the evacuations as labor intensive and extremely difficult. joining me tonight is a hero, a nurse. lori touchette, one of the hero nurses who helped evacuate premature and sick babies when nyu s langone hospital lost
help. you can visit fema.gov and click on volunteer and donate to find ways to donate to specific states in need of help. you can also visit redcross.org and click on donate funds to give to any red cross chapter. hurricane sandy has also caused a blood shortage because of blood drive cancelations. to find out where you can donate blood, visit redcrossblood.org. meanwhile, the storm has forced two major new york city hospitals to evacuate. backup generators failed at bellevue hospital and nyu langone medical center. hundreds of patients had to evacuate including patients in critical condition and 20 babies from the intensive care unit. doctors described the evacuations as labor intensive and extremely difficult. joining me tonight is a hero, a nurse. lori touchette, one of the hero nurses who helped evacuate premature and sick babies when nyu s langone hospital lost power during hurricane sandy. did you kind of great to have
you with us tonight. congratulations on what you did. you ve done your profession and your life proud in many, many ways. when this was all unfolding, did you have a sense that it was going to get as bad as it did. we initially didn t. we had made many preparations to have our nursing staff as well as physicians on site in order to facility the most safe care, but we didn t have any idea the extent that the damage would cause. what did you go through, lori? what happened? i work on a unit that take care of babies that have heart disease or had heart surgery. we had seven babies who were critical patients who were not able to be removed from the hospital. did you think at any time that maybe some of them aren t going to make it? there was never a point that i thought that. we were all very nervous and concerned for the safety of our patients, but i really am so proud of my nyu co-workers, the