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in the community who are experts in the social determinants of health and violence, so we have to partner with our community and bring our expertise as a member of
the team.”
Other partners include the City of Wilmington, the nonprofit Wilmington Renaissance Corporation and lay community health workers, such
as Christiana Care's Blood Pressure Ambassadors.
Population-level trauma prevention in particular can stave off costly and painful emergencies and surgeries.
“We’re doing it because it’s the right thing to do in serving our neighbors as expert, caring partners in their health,” Dr. Robinson said.
Continuous performance improvement, an additional requirement of trauma centers, is another practice embraced at Wilmington Hospital.
The team measures a wide variety of metrics, including response times, operating room readiness, the recording of vital statistics and acute care transfers.
“You have to be able to look at yourself and say, ‘What could we have done better?’” Lamborn said. 
“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.”
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From left, Pamela J. Woods, RN, ACNS-BC, CEN, performance improvement manager, Wilmington Hospital Trauma Program; Joan Pirrung, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, clinical operations director, Trauma Program;
Marilynn Bartley, DNP, FNP-BC, nurse practitioner, Trauma Program; Marie Dougherty, administrative assistant, Wilmington Hospital Trauma Program; Sharon Kurfuerst, Ed.D., OTR/L, FAOTA, FACHE, FABC, chief operating officer, Christiana Care Health Services; Terry Foraker, MSN, RN, ONC, operations director, Wilmington Campus; Mary Lamborn, MSN, MBA, CEN, RNC-OB, C-EFM, manager, Wilmington Hospital Trauma Program; Linda Laskowski-Jones, MS, RN, ACNS-BC, CEN, FAWM, FAAN, vice president, Emergency and Trauma services and nursing leader, Acute Medicine Service Line; and Jaime Cesar Giraldo Arango, M.D., FACS, medical director, Trauma Program, Wilmington Hospital.
Edmondo J. Robinson, M.D., MBA, FACP
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