A man on the "brink of death" on a Delta flight has two nurses to thank for saving him—one who overcame her fear of being in the air to concentrate on helping him. The Citizen Times reports that Morgan Anderson, 26, and her mom, Rose Anderson, 57, were on a Delta flight from North Carolina to Salt Lake City on Dec. 13 when a medical emergency was announced.
Morgan, who graduated from nursing school last year, and Rose, who has more than 30 years behind the stethoscope, approached the patient, an unresponsive man who looked to be in his 60s and who had thrown up on himself. Rose determined he was in life-threatening hypovolemic shock, likely from dehydration, and needed fluids. His blood pressure hovered at 56/30, which Morgan says put him on the "brink of death."
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