Summer 2021 Edition

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Advancing Trauma Care

Thank you for reading the Red Duke Trauma Institute Newsletter for first responders. We hope you find the information contained within this publication interesting and informative. Our goal is to provide you with helpful articles about our services, case studies relevant to daily, practiced clinical protocols, information about available educational opportunities and any other updates that you as a first responder may find useful. We value the work you do and are we are grateful for your partnership as we work together to serve the people of Houston and its surrounding communities.

  • An on-scene Life Flight Paramedic holds a transfusion bag.

    Memorial Hermann Life Flight Celebrates 45 Years of Service

    For the past 45 years, the Life Flight critical care air medical transport service has been instrumental in saving the lives of thousands of Houston residents and surrounding communities. Every year, Life Flight crews perform more than 3,000 missions and last year was the busiest, yet.

    For the past 45 years, the Life Flight critical care air medical transport service has been instrumental in saving the lives of thousands of Houston residents and surrounding communities. Every year, Life Flight crews perform more than 3,000 missions and last year was the busiest, yet.

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  • The Memorial Hermann Life Flight helicopter sits on the helipad below a sunset-colored sky.

    Life Flight Earns Prestigious CAMTS Accreditation

    Every three years, Memorial Hermann Life Flight® undergoes review by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS), a peer review organization dedicated to improving patient care and transport safety through a dynamic accreditation process. Life Flight completed its most recent review in April 2021, and once again earned the prestigious CAMTS accreditation.

    Every three years, Memorial Hermann Life Flight® undergoes review by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS), a peer review organization dedicated to improving patient care and transport safety through a dynamic accreditation process. Life Flight completed its most recent review in April 2021, and once again earned the prestigious CAMTS accreditation.

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  • The Memorial Hermann Cypress Hospital campus signage with the hospital in the background.

    Memorial Hermann Cypress Earns Level III Trauma Designation

    Memorial Hermann Cypress Hospital is part of Memorial Hermann Health System's integrated trauma network, the only such system in Greater Houston. The integrated trauma network, which includes Memorial Hermann Life Flight provides life-saving care for trauma victims before, during and after their injuries.

    Memorial Hermann Cypress Hospital is part of Memorial Hermann Health System's integrated trauma network, the only such system in Greater Houston. The integrated trauma network, which includes Memorial Hermann Life Flight® provides life-saving care for trauma victims before, during and after their injuries.

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Car Crash Victim Loses Pulses for Over 30 Minutes and Survives

Direct-to-OR Protocol Instrumental in Saving Gunshot Victim’s Life

Car Crash Victim Loses Pulses for Over 30 Minutes and Survives

Life Flight patient, Jackie Figueroa smiles from her hospital bed.

Jackie Figueroa remembers looking up at the stars in the nighttime sky and then falling back to sleep. For hours, she laid on the side of the road, drifting in and out of consciousness. When EMS arrived, the 23-year-old Huntsville woman had an undetectable blood pressure, very little pulse and her body temperature was 81.7 degrees.

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Direct-to-OR Protocol Instrumental in Saving Gunshot Victim’s Life

Lavern Smith, a Life Flight patient, smiles for the camera.

In 2018, the Memorial Hermann Red Duke Trauma Institute implemented a new process which enables eligible patients to be taken straight from the Memorial Hermann Life Flight® helipad to the trauma OR, bypassing the hospital’s Emergency Center. This process, which dramatically reduces the time to lifesaving, definitive care, was instrumental in saving the life of abdominal gunshot wound patient Lavern “Vern” Smith.

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Teen Who Survived being Ejected from Single Car Motor Vehicle Collision Returns to School

Mother of Eight Survives Stroke Thanks to a Trauma System That Works

Teen Who Survived being Ejected from Single Car Motor Vehicle Collision Returns to School

Life Flight patient, Sam Mills, stands with family and clinicians after his recovery.

Late last year, Sam Mills was living the carefree life of a teenager. However, the day after Christmas in 2020, the 17-year old’s life changed instantly, when he lost control of his car while heading home from work in Katy, Texas.

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Mother of Eight Survives Stroke Thanks to a Trauma System That Works

Marissa with her family

Marrissa was transported from Memorial Hermann Cypress Hospital via Life Flight® to Memorial Hermann-TMC, an approximate 12-minute flight, where Dr. Blackburn stood by to perform a minimally invasive procedure to remove the clot that caused Miller’s stroke.

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