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Nicole DiBattista, BSN, RN, CEN, Allison Przybylski, BSN, RN, Jenna Bonner, M.D., chief resident, Emergency Medicine, Christian Coletti, M.D., FACEP, FACP, medical director, Emergency Medicine, and Jaime Cesar Giraldo Arango, M.D., FACS, medical director, Trauma Program, Wilmington Hospital, attend to a patient at Wilmington Hospital’s Emergency Department.
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Of course, some patients, such as those who need neurosurgery, still need to be transported to Christiana Hospital, the state’s only adult Level 1 trauma center. That said, even patients who will be transported benefit from a more robust trauma system in Wilmington, Laskowski- Jones said.
“We have a well-rehearsed process to gain access to an ambulance or helicopter, but those patients also get a full trauma team response,” she said.
In addition, designation as a Level III trauma center is about more than what happens inside the hospital.
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Trauma education, prevention remain central
Participating hospitals must show leadership in educating their communities about the treatment and prevention of trauma, an area in which Christiana Care already has a long history.
For example, the health system holds classes and events encouraging the use
of child safety seats among new parents, which helps reduce trauma and death from car crashes, the No. 1 cause of death among children.
Trauma Program Manager Mary Lamborn, MSN, MBA, CEN, RNC-OB, C-EFM, travels to high schools teaching children about
injury prevention and trauma, such as
the proper way to immobilize a potential Gtrauma victim.
etting at the core of the violence and addressing its root causes is a more difficult problem,
but it’s one Christiana Care is
committed to playing a role in addressing, said Edmondo J. Robinson, M.D., MBA, FACP, chief transformation officer and senior vice president and executive director of Christiana Care Wilmington.
“Christiana Care is very good at taking
care of trauma victims, so the next step clearly for us is to help prevent traumas from happening,” he said. “There are groups