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Lenora Martin: Going Above and Beyond for a Pediatric Trauma Patient and His Family

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On Wednesday, September 27, 2017, Lenora Martin was recognized by Nicole Fox, MD, MPH, FACS, Medical Director of Pediatric Trauma, and Stacey Staman, RN, MSN, Trauma Program Coordinator of Pediatrics at Cooper, for going above and beyond her role as a transporter at Cooper in service to a pediatric trauma patient and their family.

“One of our pediatric trauma patients was leaving the hospital with his parents after being discharged. Read more.

Cooper EMS raises money for local charities in Camden

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Cooper Emergency Medical Services (EMS) has been responding to 911 calls for medical assistance and injury in Camden, New Jersey, since 2016. The EMTs and Paramedics, through their own innate urge to help and fulfill the Cooper University Health Care mission statement, began participating in the efforts of groups such as The Cooper Foundation to help provide meals, coats, school backpacks, and other essential items for the most needy residents. Read more.

Books and More Books: Teen Makes Special Delivery to Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper

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In February 2017, 13-year-old Charlotte Olson donated more than 1,300 books to Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper’s outpatient office in Voorhees for the Reach Out and Read program at Cooper. On September 7, Charlotte made a return visit to the office with a donation of several hundred more books towards her goal of collecting an additional 2,000 for the program.   Read more.

Cooper Surgeon First in NJ to perform minimally-invasive “GORE® TAG®” procedure to treat arch aortic aneurysms

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In early September, a surgical team at Cooper University Health Care, led by Joseph V. Lombardi, MD, FACS, head of the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and director of the Cooper Aortic Center, became the first in New Jersey to perform a new minimally-invasive treatment for complicated arch aortic aneurysms.

Cooper is one of only a handful of hospi­tals in the region—and fewer than 40 nationwide—participating in a pivotal study of the GORE® TAG® Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis (TBE).   Read more.

Cooper EMS Supervisor Helping in Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts

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Cooper EMS supervisor, Dave Taylor, left for Texas on Tuesday August 29 as part of the Pennsylvania Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT), part of the National Disaster Medical System. Dave’s DMAT team is composed of physicians, nurses, EMTs, paramedics, and pharmacists and is a self-contained mobile hospital, tasked with providing medical care to hurricane survivors. They are current operating in the Houston/Beaumont area providing disaster relief. Read more.

Cooper Trauma Nurse Earns Pat Tillman Foundation Award to Support Studies at Rutgers–Camden Nursing School

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Cooper trauma nurse Laura Tolver, RN, of Edgewater Park, has been named a Tillman Scholar by the Pat Tillman Foundation. A student currently enrolled in the doctor of nursing practice (DNP) program at Rutgers University–Camden, she is one of only five nursing students nationwide, and only 61 students overall, to earn this highly competitive scholarship this year.

Tolver is one of two students attending Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, to receive this award. Read more.

Cooper Congratulates MD Anderson Cancer Center on #1 Cancer Hospital Ranking

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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is once again ranked the nation’s top hospital for cancer care by U.S. News & World Report’s annual “Best Hospitals” survey. Since the survey began in 1990, MD Anderson has been named one of the top two cancer hospitals, and it has ranked first 13 times in the last 16 years.

MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper, which partnered with the world-renown institution in October 2013, is one of seven clinically integrated partner institutions in the United States. Read more.

Cooper University Health Care Named Most Wired 2017

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Most Wired Hospitals Use Technology to Partner With Patients on Health

For the sixth time, Cooper University Health Care has been named one of the nation’s most wired hospitals by the annual Health Care’s Most Wired® survey developed by the American Hospital Association’s Health Forum. According to the survey, now in its 19th year, the hospitals listed are those who make it easier for patients and providers to interact, thus improving communication, safety, and patient-provider relationships. Read more.

Cooper Honors Haddonfield Nurse with DAISY Award

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Cooper University Health Care recently recognized Diane Werner, RN, of Haddonfield, NJ, with The DAISY Award for providing exceptional nursing care. Diane works as a nurse in Cooper’s Post Anesthesia Care Unit and was nominated by the family of a recent patient.  She was cited for her professional care, compassion and advocacy on behalf of the patient following several recent surgeries. Read more.

Cooper University Health Care becomes third health system in the nation to offer whole-blood transfusions for massively bleeding trauma patients

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Studies show whole-blood transfusion offers greater benefits for treating hemorrhagic shock

Cooper University Health Care, South Jersey’s only Level I Trauma Center, is the third academic tertiary care health system in the United States to offer whole blood transfusions for trauma patients who present with massive bleeding and hemorrhagic shock. Trauma centers are the only hospitals to offer whole blood transfusions. Read more.