Atrium Health nurse Dawn Middleton takes pride in her work at Carolinas Medical Center, so she offered to take her skills on the road.
Middleton is now part of Atrium’s MED-1 Mobile Hospital Unit, which is being deployed to help residents in North Carolina after the devastation of Hurricane Helene. While it’s a mobile unit, Middleton told Channel 9′s Erika Jackson it’s a familiar environment.
“When you look at our processes that we use in the emergency department with triage and seeing patients and discharging patients and follow-up care, it’s very similar,” Middleton said.
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She’s been a helping hand for more than 15 years, working on MED-1 at national events and at overrun healthcare systems. She even helped deliver a baby during Hurricane Florence.
Middleton’s daughter, Emma Cruz, told Jackson she grew up watching her mom support their family and her patients.
“When she was little, I would have to explain to her that I was leaving, I would have to explain I’m leaving to go help people,” Middleton said.