Shown with Cooper Air Two are (L to R) Ryan Miller, RN, Director of Patient Logistics, Cooper Transfer Center; Rick Hong, MD, Director, EMS/Disaster Medicine, John P. Sheridan, President and Chief Executive Officer; and Rick Rohrbach, RN, Chief Flight Nurse.

Congratulations to the Cooper Air Two team who recently celebrated their one year anniversary of providing emergency air service for South Jersey residents. Read the full story

On May 19, representatives from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Employer Support of Guard and Reserve program (ESGR) presented Cooper University Hospital with two special awards for its support of employee participation in the Guard and Reserve: the “Patriot Award” and the “Above and Beyond Award.”

The “Patriot Award,” recognizes outstanding employers of Guard and Reserve members. The distinguished “Above and Beyond Award,” recognizes employers who have gone above and beyond the legal requirements for granting leave and providing support for military duty by their employees.

(From Left to Right): Mark Seamon, MD; Tom Conway, Camden County representative for the Department of Defense; George E. Norcross, III, Cooper's Board Chairman; Maj. John Chovanes; Jeffrey Carpenter, MD, Chair of the Department of Surgery; John P. Sheridan, Jr., President and CEO of Cooper; Steven Ross, MD, Chief of Trauma; Joel Bryers, Administrator, Department of Surgery

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Dominick Garcia and his mother visit Millville Rescue Squad Chief John Redden.

Two weeks ago, 2-year-old Dominick Garcia was critically injured after falling from a second-story window. Today, he is expected to make a full recovery thanks to Cooper Air Two helicopter service and Cooper University Hospital.

Rick Hong, MD, Head, Division of EMS/Disaster Medicine, said the availability of a medical helicopter at the airport trimmed at least 20 minutes off the time it took to get Dominick to Cooper’s Level 1 Trauma Center. Cooper and Atlantic Health in Morristown teamed up for the initiative to bring a medical helicopter to an area that had been “underserved” Hong said.

“In Dominick’s case, I think it went a long way to actually saving his life,” said Shonola S. DaSilva, MD, Medical Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Cooper, who treated the boy during his stay at Cooper.

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Watching the ball drop at midnight or watching yourself drift in and out of consciousness?

Lighting the sparklers and watching them glow or seeing the glow from your car as it lights up in flames?

This holiday season, what will you decide?

New Year’s Eve is a time to be spent celebrating the coming year with friends and family, not lying in a hospital bed at Cooper’s Level 1 Trauma Center.

Yet far too often during this time of year people get behind the wheel of a car after having too much to drink.

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On Wednesday, December 8, 2010, the first signs of snow this winter came from The DiFlorio Family Healing Garden at Cooper University Hospital. Glistening snowflakes filled the trees as Cooper’s Trauma Family Support Group hosted a lighting dedication in honor of patients, families, staff and visitors at Cooper.

This year marked the 2nd Annual Snowflake Fundraiser event in which individuals at Cooper could purchase a “snowflake” in honor of someone special or in remembrance of a loved one. Over $3,000 was donated this year, more than twice the amount from last year. All of the money raised will be used to benefit families of trauma patients through various initiatives within the Trauma Department.

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