A former trauma nurse at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center is suing the health system, claiming supervisors retaliated against her for raising concerns that the hospital would run out of blood for critically injured patients.
Jennifer Parker, who worked at the Portland hospital for 25 years, filed a whistleblower lawsuit earlier this month in Multnomah County Circuit Court. She is seeking $1.25 million in damages for lost wages and physical and emotional suffering.
The lawsuit describes Parker’s efforts in 2023 and 2024 to alert her supervisors and hospital administrators to safety issues about the storage and use of blood reserved for trauma patients at Legacy Emanuel…