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Best Practice Winners
2024 Winners
Overall Best Practice

Escape from Trauma Nursing Education
Amy Stewart
HCA - Henrico Doctors' Hospital Forest
Best Injury Prevention

Emergency Recognition and Bleeding Control Confidence Building in English and Spanish Speaking Populations
Haley Strebler
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Best Performance Improvement

The Impact of Screening for Perioperative ICU Admission in Geriatric Hip Fracture Patients: A Retrospective Analysis
Charles Fasanya
Good Samaritan University Hospital
Most Innovative Idea

Custom Gun Violence Prevention
Julie Valenzuela
Ryder Trauma Center - Jackson Memorial

Best Evidence-Based

Hurt2Healing: A Pediatric Hospital-Based Integrated Behavioral Health Model
Eraina Schauss
The BRAIN Center Memphis

2023 Winners
Overall Best Practice

Decrease Loop Closure Time: Trauma Process Improvement Using TEAMS
Jane Kilgore
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Best Injury Prevention

STOP THE BLEED for Kids: A Pediatric Approach to the National Education Campaign
Melissa Anderson
Denver Health
Best Performance Improvement

When PI Goes Green: A Real-Time Capture System
Ricardo Jacquez
NYU Langone Health
Most Innovative Idea

Trauma Financial Analysis: Know Your Costs, Collections and Margins for Each Patient Using Excel & Pivot Tables
Yvonne Prowant
University of Michigan Health-West

Best Evidence-Based

Does the Use of a Blunt Thoracic Splinting Pillow in Patients Diagnosed with Rib Fractures Improve IS Volume and Narcotic Usage?
Tonya Whitaker
Atrium Health Cabarrus

2022 Winners
Overall Best Practice

A Community Level III Trauma Center Success Story: Hip Fracture Notification Protocol Improves Time to Surgical Intervention within 24 Hours
Jennifer Beecham
TriStar Stonecrest Medical Center
Best Injury Prevention

Fall Prevention Community Partnerships Work!
Regena Young
Erlanger Health System
Best Performance Improvement

Nursing-Driven Initiatives for Reduction in Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in an Adult Level 1 Trauma ICU
Haley Strebler
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Most Innovative Idea

STOPping THE BLEED on the Streets
Steve Weinman
St. Joseph's University Medical Center

Best Evidence-Based

Multi-Disciplinary Trauma Morning Report: A Clinical Best Practice
Spencer Van Decar
Brooke Army Medical Center

2021 Winners
Overall Best Practice

Mass Casualty Preparation: Collaborative ED Approach
Megan McCain
Atrium Health Cabarrus
Best Injury Prevention

Non Traditional Gun Lock Distribution
Joshua Dugal
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital
Best Performance Improvement

Development and Implementation of Level 4 Head Trauma (L4HT) Pathway
Wendi Brown
Ascension Providence Hospital, Novi Campus
Most Innovative Idea

Use of a Modified Color Coded Resuscitation Cart in A Pediatric Trauma Bay
Marvella Cephas
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

Best Evidence-Based

A Statewide Trauma System’s Outreach Program: A Review of the Past Five Years
Michael Archuleta
Injury Outcomes Network

2020 Winners

Overall Best Practice

Redshirts: Specialized Trauma Nurses Improve Quality of Care
Kayla Whiteaker
Erlanger Health System

Best Evidence-Based

Mission Resiliency Unit: Treatment Effectiveness in Active-Duty Personnel Suffering from PTSD Within a Residential Setting
Tim Erhardt
Laurel Ridge

Most Innovative Idea

Redshirts: Specialized Trauma Nurses Improve Quality of Care
Kayla Whiteaker
Erlanger Health System

Most Creative Appearance

STRAUMA: Implementation of a Collaborative Stroke and Trauma Alert Process
Heather Finch
UCHealth, Memorial Hospital Central

2019 Winners

Overall Best Practice

Does a Surgical Post-Acute unit (SPA) Help Elders with Rib Fractures? Definitely Maybe!
Jody DiGiacomo
Nassau University Medical Center

Best Evidence-Based

Brief Hemorrhage Control Training for Nursing Staff: A Rapid Approach for Training in the Time-Strapped Environment
Kathryn Bommer
Geisinger Community Medical Center

Most Innovative Idea

Educate. Engage. Empower: A Standardized
Approach to Customized Patient and Family Learning

Frances Grissom
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

Best Injury Prevention

Electronic Scooter Injury Surveillance: Translating
Trend Recognition into Meaningful Action

Karen Mynar
Baylor University Medical Center

Best Performance Improvement

Turn the Heat Up: A Focused Effort to Improve and Maintain Normothermia in Pediatric Burn Patients
Anissa Revels
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital