Nursing & Health

Registered nurse and Disaster Health Services lead volunteer, Joanne Kellie, (center) at the Wenatchee WA Cooling Shelter where she supported client needs in the face temperatures in excess of 108 degrees. 

Rickey Porter, an emergency medical technician, joined the Red Cross because he saw a need in his community— there were no other EMTs in Ohio County, Kentucky.  Ricky has deployed over 20 times and provides emergency medical care to Red Cross clients and volunteers.

Red Cross volunteer and Registered Nurse, Janice Chance speaks with a service member at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.

Jennifer Adrio, American Red Cross Regional CEO and blood donor, waits for R. Eric Magalued, Collections Team Supervisor, to initiate her blood donation at the Red Cross San Francisco Blood Donation Center.

American Red Cross volunteer nurse Jana Cearlock and Red Cross volunteer Aaren Arrants, an Emergency Medical Technician, administered CPR to help save the life of an evacuation shelter resident in Jacksonville, Florida.

Disaster Mental Health volunteer Lukas de Saint-Clair stops to visit a young mother and her children, ages 3 and 10-months, who found haven at a Red Cross emergency shelter after the Kentucky flood disaster.

Tere Shannon, a retired EMT, checks on Baton Rouge shelter resident Elizabeth Ramirez. Tere started volunteering with the Red Cross 27 years ago and helps provide care and reassurance to shelter residences and, as she puts it, “treat them like we do our family.”

Blood Services laboratory staff member Alexis Hollis of Columbus, Ohio, holds up a thank you sign.

American Red Cross volunteer nurse Aaron Strong checks on Sally Wilson, who lost everything in the Oregon wildfires. Sally told Aaron, “It gives me comfort to stay in a shelter because there are others that understand what I am going through, and that gives me support and hope.” 

Cheryl Thomas, a nurse for the American Red Cross, checks the temperature of Marc and his daughter Rachel, 6 yrs old, as part of Covid-19 screening protocol at a hotel in Livingston, TX. 

Washington, DC. Red Cross phlebotomist Jazmyne explains to volunteer blood donor Anthony how to recover after his whole blood donation.

Disaster Health Services volunteer Tere Shannon consults with Jerry Combs about discomfort caused by an older prosthetic which was closest to him when he fled his home during the Eastern Kentucky flood.

Volunteers Jessica (Registered Nurse) and Michael (orthopedic surgeon) Craig on their third disaster deployment together in Kentucky.

When Mikaela, a Los Angeles pre-med student, saw an Afghan family struggling to carry their daughter who has Cerebral Palsy at the Fort Bliss Doña Ana Range Complex in New Mexico, she knew that she had to help. 

Washington, DC. Red Cross phlebotomist Mike assists volunteer blood donor Kara at a blood drive.

Debbie Hayden is a registered nurse serving as Health Services Manager for the Red Cross shelter at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill.