Ryder Trauma Center 2014 Rhett Martin organized a group of us to take a tour at the world renown Ryder Trauma Center of the Jackson Health System in Miami on Monday, November 3, 2014. Also in attendance were Eric Alexander, Jesus Barrera, Anthony Davis, Kyle Graham, Mike Gressinger, Stephanie Jimenez, Randy Prokos, John Schiano and myself. I wanted our members to meet with our friends at Ryder, said Rhett, so when they volunteer at Camp Tequesta of the Childrens Burn Foundation of Florida, Inc. they will know about their treatment and care from our Miami group. We were greeted with open arms from Angel Alvarez, physical therapist and regional coordinator of our Boca Raton Miami area as our VIP tour guide and 25 year employee. We saw our good friend, a smiling Hector Montoto as he was taking care of his patient in physical therapy. As Angel explained, Most of our patients come for physical therapy for one or three hours daily. Burn patients become fast friends in physical therapy. They encourage each other constantly. They will readily share their story and experiences with fellow burn patients. For instance, if an experienced burn patient does not follow their physical therapy accordingly, they make sure to share that information with new burn patients. The knowledgable burn patient wants the new burn patient to learn from his experience and not endure the same challenge. Its very rewarding to view this interaction and encouragement. We are presently treating a patient with Stevens-Johnson syndrome. A patients outcome from this physical state is usually death. Stevens-Johnson syndrome is a deadly rare condition attacking your skin and mucous membranes. It is caused by a reaction to an infection or medication. Our trauma center has been very successful in treating patients with this horrible grave illness. The patients were kind enough to show us their various routines for physical therapy. We met with Dr. Nick Namias (in charge of Trauma Education) and his staff on rounds. He reminded us that Dr. Carl Schulman (in charge of Research) is a great surgeon. We also met with Angels co-workers - Jimena, Grace and Lauri who take care of all the childrens applications for our camp. Dr. Louis Pizano (in charge of Burns) was busy with patients and unavailable. Angel added, There are 30 beds for burn patients. We can expand that up to 40 beds if need be. The ICU has 5 beds and can be expanded to 25 as well. The center sees over 3,500 seriously injured patients for hospital stays, another 3,500 patients for emergency surgical consultations from Jackson Memorial Medical Center and over 300 burn patients for admission.* Carl took us to the rooftop helipad and explained to us, The trauma center was built in the early 1990s. Miami Jackson Hospital was becoming overwhelmed with trauma patients. Our trauma center is the only free standing trauma center in the world. Any trauma patient that comes into our doors can be treated by any doctor or nurse as we all are trauma specialists, especially the nurses. Our rooftop helipad is strong enough to hold the President of the United States helicopter, Marine One. In August 1992, after the devastation of Hurricane Andrew, Blackhawks regularly used our helipad. Presently, we are getting new skin. Our walls are not hurricane proof. It is a two year process. After this project is completed, we will be able to withstand a Category 5 hurricane. We have two large nozzles aimed at the helipad in case of a fire. We also have a secondary helipad on the ground. I trained here in 1995 and next year I will be here 20 years. Our friend Dr. Mary Ishil Owens, a psychologist and UM representative Cory joined our tour group. Besides being a buddy at camp, Mary has a burn survivor group at the trauma center and treats patients. Cory spearheads fundraisers for the University of Miami Jackson Memorial Burn Center. Cory quips, Our next fundraiser is Saturday, January 10, 2015. The Sparky Championship Bowling 2015 will take place between 2 and 5pm that day at Lucky Strike Bowling, 1691 Michigan Avenue, Miami Beach, FL, 33139. Miami-Dade & Broward County Fire Fighters will be bowling with UM/JM Burn Center. We would love to have a Boca Raton Fire Rescue Team of 6 join us. As we were touring the burn trauma center, we humbly met Muhammad, age 7 and his mother. We were inspired by their dedication and fortitude. Angel bragged to Muhammad about the ice cream and cotton candy available at Camp Tequesta. His mom said that Muhammad is very strong and will be so excited to attend next year. As we continued the tour, Angel added, Presently we are in the east tower which is the oldest original building for the trauma center. We saw our beloved Doreann DeArmes (18 years), a nurse partitioner and Olga Quintano (28 years), a nursing administrator. Doreann shared with us, We have 5 trauma rooms. We treat every person that comes into our care. We are completely separate from the hospital and have a very efficient team. Before we left Doreann, a trauma patient was flown in for an injury from a fall. We saw the team prepare, load the patient and used their experienced loving hands to administer care of their patient. Wow, great people doing great work. For them, its just another day at work. Thank you for your dedication. Ryder Trauma Center 2014 Rhett Martin organized a group of us to take a tour at the world renown Ryder Trauma Center of the Jackson Health System in Miami on Monday, November 3, 2014. Also in attendance were Eric Alexander, Jesus Barrera, Anthony Davis, Kyle Graham, Mike Gressinger, Stephanie Jimenez, Randy Prokos, John Schiano and myself. I wanted our members to meet with our friends at Ryder., said Rhett, so when they volunteer at Camp Tequesta they will know about their treatment and care from our Miami group at Ryder. We were greeted with open arms from Angel Alvarez, physical therapist and regional coordinator of our Boca Raton Miami area as our VIP tour guide and 25 year employee. We saw our good friend, Hector Montoto as he was taking care of his patient in physical therapy. As Angel explained, Most of our patients come for physical therapy for one or three hours daily. Burn patients become fast friends in physical therapy. They encourage eachother constantly. They will readily share their story and experiences with fellow burn patients. For instance, if a burn patient does not follow their physical therapy accordingly, they make sure to share that information with a new burn patients. The knowledgable burn patient does not want the new burn patient to learn from his experience and not endure the same problem. Its very rewarding to view this interaction and encouragement. We also treat patients with Stevens-Johnson syndrome. It is a deadly rare condition affecting your skin and mucous membranes. It is caused by a reaction to an infection or medication. Our trauma center has been very successful in treating patients with this horrible condition. The patients were kind enough to show us their various routines for physical therapy. We met with Dr. Nick Namias (in charge of Trauma Education) and his staff on rounds. He reminded us that Dr. Carl Schulman (in charge of Research) is a great surgeon. We also met with Angels co-workers - Jimena, Grace and Lauri who take care of all the childrens applications for our camp. Dr. Louis Pizano (in charge of Burns) was busy with patients and unavailable. Angel added, There are 30 beds for burn patients. We can expand that up to 40 beds if need be. The ICU has 5 beds and can be expanded to 25 as well. The center sees over 3,500 seriously injured patients for hospital stays, another 3,500 patients for emergency surgical consultations from Jackson Memorial Medical Center and over 300 burn patients for admission.* Carl took us to the rooftop helipad and explained to us, The trauma center was built in the early 1990s. Miami Jackson Hospital was becoming overwhelmed with trauma patients. Our trauma center is the only free standing trauma center in the world. Any trauma patient that comes into our doors can be treated by any doctor or nurse as we all are trauma specialists. Our rooftop helipad is strong enough to hold the President of the United States helicopter, Marine One. In August 1992, after the devastation of Hurricane Andrew, Blackhawks regularly used our helipad. Presently, we are getting new skin. Our walls are not hurricane proof. It is a two year process. After this project is completed, we will be able to withstand a Category 5 hurricane. We have two large nozzles aimed at the helipad in case of a fire. We also have a secondary helipad on the ground. I trained here in 1995 and next year I will be here 20 years. Our friend Dr. Mary Ishil Owens, a psychologist and UM representative Cory joined our tour group. Besides being a buddy at camp, Mary has a burn survivor group at the trauma center and treats patients. Cory spearheads fundraisers for the University of Miami Jackson Memorial Burn Center. Cory quips, Our next fundraiser is Saturday, January 10, 2015. The Sparky Championship Bowling 2015 will take place between 2 and 5pm that day at Lucky Strike Bowling, 1691 Michigan Avenue, Miami Beach, FL, 33139. Miami-Dade & Broward County Fire Fighters will be bowling with UM/JM Burn Center. We would love to have a Boca Raton Fire Rescue Team of 6 join us. As we were touring the burn trauma center, we humbly met Muhammad, age 7 and his mother. We were inspired by their dedication and fortitude. Angel bragged to Muhammad about the ice cream and cotton candy available at Camp Tequesta. His mom said that Muhammad is very strong and will be so excited to attend next year. As we continued the tour, Angel added, Presently we are in the east tower which is the oldest original building for the trauma center. We saw our beloved Doreann DeArmes (18 years), a nurse partitioner and Olga Quintano (28 years), a nursing administrator. Doreann shared with us, We have 5 trauma rooms. We treat every person that comes into our care. We are completely separate from the hospital and have a very efficient team. Before we left Doreann, a trauma patient was flown in for an injury from a fall. We saw the team prepare, load the patient and used their experienced loving hands to take care of their patient. Wow, great people performing great results. For these Earth angels, its just another day at work. Thank you for your dedication. * RTC Trauma Director Eric Barquist, MD in Trauma.org
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