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Rajesh
Subramania,
MD, hospitalist
Dr. Subramania
earned his medi-
cal degree at TD
Medical Col lege
and completed his
internship and res-
idency training in internal medicine and
pediatrics at Kasturba Medical College. He
also completed an internal medicine resi-
dency at Brookdale Hospital and Medical
Center in New York City.
Dr. Subramania is certified by the
American Board of Internal Medicine. He
joins Shannon from East Texas Medical
Center in Henderson.
San Angelo area children and their fami-
lies can enjoy the benefits of a medically
supervised asthma camp without travel-
ing hundreds of miles.
The Shannon Sneeze
& Wheeze Asthma Camp
is a medically supervised
day camp for children
who wi l l be entering
grades four through seven
and have been diagnosed
with asthma.
This year’s camp is
scheduled for Tuesday
through Thursday, June
12 to 14. Each session will run from 5:30
to 8:30 p.m. to take advantage of cooler
evening temperatures.
Campers will be encouraged to try
any or all of the activities—including
swimming, field sports, arts and crafts,
team challenges, fitness
activities, and asthma
education from health
care professionals.
Al l are prov ided
free of charge through
the suppor t of camp
sponsors.
Enrollment is limited,
so kids must be registered
by Monday, June 4.
Campers will be se-
lected based on the date their registration
form is received. To register or learn
more, call
325-657-5065.
Kimrey J. Daniel,
MD, emergency
medicine
After earning her
nurs ing degree
f r om Lubb o c k
Christian Univer-
sity, Dr. Daniel
earned her medical
degree at the University of Texas Medical
Branch in Galveston.
She then completed her emergency
medicine residency at Scott &White Hos-
pital in Temple.
Dr. Daniel is also a licensed paramedic
and has flight nurse and ICU charge nurse
experience. She joins Shannon from Scott
& White Hospital.
Welcome, newShannon doctors
Shannon Medical Center has received
the 2011 Trauma Center Award, given
by the Texas Department of State Health
Services.
The award was presented in Austin at
the annual EMS Conference. It honors a
trauma facility in Texas that has dem-
onstrated leadership and high standards
in implementing injury-prevention pro-
grams and providing outstanding trauma
patient care.
“Receiving this award is a huge com-
pliment to the large group of people who
provide trauma care to the Concho Valley
on a daily basis,” says Emmette “Buddy”
Flynn, MD, surgeon and medical director
of Shannon’s Trauma Program.
Shannon is one of 265 designated
trauma facilities in Texas. Previous award-
winners include JPS Health Network, Fort
Worth; Brackenridge Hospital and Dell
Children’s Medical Center, both in Aus-
tin; Parkland Health & Hospital System,
Dallas; East Texas Medical Center, Tyler;
Covenant Children’s Hospital, Lubbock;
and Children’s Medical Center, Dallas.
COMMITMENT TO PATIENTS
“We are
honored to join the list of prestigious fa-
cilities that have received this award,” says
Bryan Horner President/CEO of Shannon
Medical Center.
“It takes the entire hospi-
tal’s commitment to maintain a Level III
Trauma Center. From our medical staff
to the nursing staff in the ER, OR, ICU
and trauma unit, to the pharmacists,
dietitians, lab technicians, radiology tech-
nicians and clergy, staff in nearly every
department in the hospital contributes
to the care of the trauma patient at some
point in their stay.”
Shannon received a three-year Level III
Advanced Trauma Center redesignation
SHANNON SNEEZE & WHEEZE ASTHMA CAMP
Kids can be active with ease
Shannon’s award-winning trauma team is tops in Texas
in 2009, a status the medical center first
received in 1999 and has maintained since.
The center serves a population of 160,000
spread over 14 counties and 17,000 square
miles. Of the 10 hospitals serving the re-
gion, eight are located in rural areas and
seven are designated as Level IV Trauma
Centers.
AVAILABLE 24/7
To be designated an
Advanced Level III Trauma Center, a hos-
pital must be available to care for major
and severe trauma patients 24 hours a day,
7 days a week.
Major trauma patients include those
with critical injuries resulting from mo-
tor vehicle crashes, falls or other injuries
that could cause death or disability. The
program provides the Regional Commu-
nication Center that dispatches Shannon
AirMed1 and the trauma team and also
works with regional EMS partners.
“Shannon Medical Center represents a
classic example of the challenges in deliv-
ering care to trauma patients in a rural set-
ting,” says Charles Benham, MD, medical
director of Shannon’s Emergency Depart-
ment and AirMed1. “The trauma center
and AirMed1 service area encompasses
one-fifth of the state of Texas.”
PROVIDING ASSISTANCE
Shannon
provides continuing assistance to the
Concho Valley Regional Advisory Council
(CVRAC). During the spring wildfires that
plagued the Concho Valley, Shannon played
a vital role for CVRAC in coordinating am-
bulances and response personnel.
“We serve a large geographic region,
and transporting injured people here is not
easy, but the communications center works
with all the hospitals and EMS services in
the region to make sure people get here
as quickly as possible,” says Bob Wyrick,
communications specialist, certified flight
communicator. “We activate the trauma
team that meets arrivals at the door. I
appreciate the recognition Shannon has
received from this award—it takes a lot
of people behind the scenes to make the
system work.”
Shannon’s emergency department
treats an average of 49,500 patients each
year, and almost 9,500 of those cases are
trauma-related. The emergency depart-
ment is staffed with physicians, nurses
and technicians around the clock and a
24/7 on-call team of specialists that in-
cludes general surgeons, orthopedic
surgeons, neurologists, neurosurgeons,
anesthesiologists, cardiologists, cardio-
vascular surgeons, ENTs, urologists,
ophthalmologists, oral and maxillofacial
surgeons, plastic surgeons, hospitalists, pe-
diatricians, OB-GYNs and lab technicians.
“It is great to be recognized for the
outstanding care that our trauma patients
receive from our teammembers,” says Erin
Stokes, RN, BSN. “Working as a multidis-
ciplinary team makes it possible for us to
provide the excellent care for our patients
during their time of need.”
We are honored to join
the list of prestigious
facilities that have
received this award.
It takes the entire
hospital’s commitment
to maintain a Level III
Trauma Center.”
—Bryan Horner, President/CEO
of Shannon Medical Center
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