Public Safety Caregivers and Colleagues Honored for Outstanding Service

This fall, 24 Public Safety team members received promotions and 27 caregivers received awards for outstanding performance and valor. They were honored during a ceremony with colleagues, family and friends on the Newark campus. ChristianaCare campus presidents LeRoi Hicks, M.D., MPH, MACP, Amy Marston, MBA, MHA, Joan Pirrung, MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, and Angel Tejeda, MBA, CHFM, senior vice president of Facilities and Services, joined the Public Safety team to congratulate the newly promoted and award-winning caregivers.

“Our colleagues’ professionalism, their ability to serve and protect and their unwavering support of our caregivers and community – all while ensuring our patients receive the best care possible – are testaments to their expertise, training and leadership,” said Mark Wilhelm, corporate director of Public Safety.

“In Public Safety, we are part of the care team. We are part of the care plan. And we are part of the quality outcomes for every patient in the communities we serve.”

Congratulations to these Public Safety caregivers on their promotions:

Lieutenant: Theresa Jaremchuk

Investigator: David Labriola

Sergeant First Class

• Matthew Bragg
• George Deem
• Malcolm Duff
• Daniel Grimes
• Michael Messick
• Anthony Rivera
• Nicole Smagala
• Michael Wolff

Sergeant

• Ed Adams
• Dominic Giofre
• Tatianna Gladden
• Clayton Hewes
• Dillon Lavelle
• David Loewenstein
• Jeff Martinsen
• Michael McNerney
• Daniel Smith
• Matthew Taylor
• Roberto Tovar
• Dylan Updyke

Administrative Assistant: Stephanie Cline

Supervisor, EMT: Beth Conrad

Thank you to these caregivers for their remarkable, courageous actions:

Award for Outstanding Performance and Lifesaving Actions

This multidisciplinary group of caregivers “acted as a unified team” to save the life of a patient who was unresponsive outside the Christiana Emergency Department. Emergency medical technician Stephanie Cline began life-saving measures and directed the scene as other caregivers responded to assist and move the patient to the emergency room. Said Wilhelm: “They bridged the gap between collapse and advanced medical care.”

• Stephanie Cline – EMT
• Joseph Sammons – Constable
• Richard Blaasch – Constable
• Patrick Dorrian – Constable
• Matthew Bragg – Sergeant First Class
• Tatiana Gladden – Sergeant
• Brett Wyatt – Dispatcher
• Bill Wipf – Emergency Management
• Aric Dillon – Emergency Care Technician
• Jadon Chandler – Emergency Care Technician
• Sara Wise – Registered Nurse
• Vernon Harvey – Patient Guide

Award for Outstanding Performance and Lifesaving Actions

These caregivers sprang into action, saving the life of an unconscious community member in a car outside of the MRI entrance at Newark campus. “This demonstrates the core capabilities of our Public Safety team, who are trained to respond, assess and deliver appropriate services and life-saving interventions to our community,” said Wilhelm in presenting the award.

• Beth Conrad – EMT
• Glenn Silvasy – Constable
• William Nelson – Constable
• David Labriola – Investigator
• Patrick Kelleher – Dispatcher
• Lew Epright – Dispatcher

Certificate of Valor

These Public Safety caregivers mobilized “quickly and without hesitation to mitigate a safety matter using every operational technique, including live time review, span and control and effective communication, to restore a safe environment for our patients and caregivers,” said Wilhelm.

• Matthew Bragg – Sergeant First Class
• Anthony Rivera – Sergeant First Class
• Dominic Giofre – Sergeant
• David Hager – Constable
• Richard Blaasch – Constable
• Alfred Grandell – Constable
• Daryl Jackson – Constable
• Christina Taylor – Dispatcher
• Nicole Carmean – Dispatcher

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