A growing body of work in public health has demonstrated that the most effective health systems extend beyond episodic care to address prevention, risk, recovery and long-term outcomes (Kindig & Stoddart, 2003; Frieden, 2010). Nowhere is this more relevant than in trauma care, where injuries are both predictable and preventable, where recovery is often incomplete…
Author: Deanna Ripley
Josephine Peterson, Deanna Ripley, Katherine McKenzie
Deanna Ripley, MS, RN, is trauma program manager at NYU Langone Hospital – Long Island, a Level I trauma center in Mineola, New York.