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Beebe Participates in Statewide Trauma Event
07/07/06
On Sunday, July 23 a live mock-crash demonstration will be held at the Delaware State Fair. Answering a 911 Call, an emergency response event will be staged on the track of the Wilmington Trust Grandstand. The event is presented by Beebe Medical Center's trauma team, the Sussex County Emergency Operations Center, the Harrington Volunteer Fire Company, Sussex County EMS, the Delaware State Police Aviation Section, The Delaware Division of Public Health's Office of Emergency Medical Services, the Delaware Office of Highway Safety, the Delaware State Fire School and trauma teams from A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children, BayHealth/Milford Memorial and Kent General, Christiana Hospital and Nanticoke Memorial Hospital.
Answering a 911 Call will follow two car crash victims, the 911 call and the responding police, fire, ambulance, paramedic and medical personnel. Coordinated by the Delaware Health and Social Services' Division of Public Health and the Delaware State Fair, mock-crash event will feature emergency responders treating, stabilizing and transporting car crash victims. A narrator will explain the action on the field. The Delaware State Police will transport one victim to a simulated Regional Trauma Center and an ambulance will transport the other victim to a simulated Community Trauma Center. Featuring wailing sirens, flashing emergency lights, emergency responders in action and the Delaware State Police helicopter this event will truly recreate an emergency situation.
Admission to the event is included in the cost of the regular fair gate ticket of $6. Children 9 and under are free. Audience members are eligible for door prizes such as life jackets, bike helmets and smoke detectors, plus they will receive free information packets as they exit the event. Vince and Larry, the nation's famous buckle-up dummies will be available to pose for photographs. The demonstration will begin at 12:45pm and attendees are asked to enter the racetrack at the East Gate (across from the Grange building).
Everyone knows to dial 911 in an emergency but most people do not understand what happens when that call is placed, says, Alene Honecker, Trauma Patient Care Technician with the Injury and Prevention Outreach Department of Beebe Medical Center, this event will give the public an opportunity to understand the system .
The event is being held in conjunction with the 10th anniversary of the Delaware Statewide Trauma System. Delaware's Trauma System is an organized system of caregivers who provide statewide round the clock medical care for seriously injured people. The system consists of eight acute care hospitals, injury prevention practitioners, emergency operations centers, basic life support and fire services, advanced life support agencies and the Delaware State Police Aviation section.
Beebe Medical Center is a not-for-profit community medical center with a mission to encourage healthy living, prevent illness, and restore optimal health with the people residing, working, or visiting in the communities we serve. For more information, please visit us online at .
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