CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – A Summerville nurse practitioner is turning a preventable tragedy into a mission to save newborn lives across the Lowcountry and, eventually, throughout the country.
Lindsay Spurgeon said she was working in a hospital emergency room when a premature baby delivered at home arrived by ambulance without a heartbeat. She said the EMS crew did not have the proper equipment or neonatal training to help.
“One of the first things the EMS said to me was ‘We do not have equipment this size and we do not have the training to take care of these babies,’” Spurgeon said. “That was very devastating for this situation when they are so ill-equipped and they want to help, but they do not have anyone supporting that.”…