Lang
4/19/24
A Hawkeye tight end, a University of Iowa athletic trainer and a UI Hospitals and Clinics nurse helped out an injured UIHC volunteer after she was injured in a fall on campus.
According to a UIHC news release, Rania Schreiber, a nursing practice leader with UI Health Care, was walking to her car after work on February 7th when she saw a woman with visible injuries on her face.
The woman was Mary Ellen Lewis, a volunteer at the UIHC, who had fallen on the sidewalk near Duane Banks Field and was trying to wipe up the blood with some napkins.
Lewis had been walking home from an event at Finkbine Golf Course. She says she didn’t remember how she fell, and she was unaware of the severity of her injuries.
While Schreiber was helping Lewis, Hawkeye tight end Luke Lachey walked out of the nearby Hansen Football Performance Center. Lachey initially offered to drive Lewis home. Instead, he called assistant athletic trainer Dylan Mathers, who came outside to tend to Lewis’ facial injuries. Lewis then went to a UI QuickCare location and was cleared of any major injuries
Lachey says he’s grateful he was in the right place at the right time, noting he was always told about “Hawks helping Hawks”.