Nurse of the Week: Critical Care Nurse Kayla Miller Performs CPR on Victims of Dayton, Ohio Shooting

Our Nurse of the Week is Kayla Miller, a critical care nurse from Dayton, Ohio who performed CPR on victims of the shooting that occurred early on the morning of August 4. Miller was fleeing the Ned Peppers Bar after hearing gunfire ringing out when she spotted victims who had been shot. Putting her own life in danger, Miller stopped to perform CPR on the wounded victims on the sidewalk.

Miller was at the Ned Peppers Bar celebrating a friend’s 25th birthday. As she was attempting to flee the scene for her own safety, she felt compelled to stop and help in any way she could. According to Miller, chaos ensued after hundreds of people in the area heard the shots.

Miller tells NBC’s TODAY, “I look down the sidewalk and see just a row of bodies. People shot, some alive, some not. I’m grateful to be able to be alive and talk to my family and friends and tell them I’m OK, but my heart breaks for these families.”

Nine people were killed in the shooting and 27 were injured after a 24-year-old opened fire outside the Ned Peppers Bar in the city’s popular Oregon district just after one o’clock in the morning. It was the second mass shooting in the United States in less than 24 hours, following a shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas the day before that left 20 people dead.

To learn more about Kayla Miller, a critical care nurse who performed CPR on victims of the Dayton, Ohio shooting on August 4, visit here.