SOMERS POINT – More than 50 lifeguards from throughout Atlantic and Cape May counties attended The Harrah’s Regional Trauma Center at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center’s third annual Lifeguards SAVE event at Greate Bay Country Club in Somers Point June 27. Through the event, which included dinner and educational presentations, ARMC recognized lifeguards from southern New Jersey for their Safe Attitudes and Valiant Efforts (SAVE) in collaboration with the Life Rolls On™ Foundation and the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.
Speakers included Catherine Dudick, MD, Trauma surgeon and chair, Department of Critical Care, ARMC, who discussed drowning prevention in children; Ciro Randazzo, MD, MPH, neurosurgeon, AtlantiCare Neurosciences Institute and assistant professor of Neurological Surgery, Department of Neurological Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, who discussed water-related spinal cord injuries; and Chad DeSatnick, of Cold Spring, New Jersey, northeast events coordinator, Life Rolls On™; former Cape May lifeguard and former spinal cord injury patient, who discussed his experience with spinal cord injury and his work with Life Rolls On™.
“As a beach community, we recognize lifeguards as part of our trauma system. They serve as our front-line injury prevention by establishing and enforcing rules in and around the water,” said Monica Titus, Trauma and Neurosciences director, ARMC. “As first responders, they make a difference in the outcomes of our patients. They play an important role in the lives of our community as well as our visitors.”
Photo 1: Pictured left to right at AtlantiCare’s third annual Lifeguards SAVE event at Greate Bay Country Club June 27 are members of the Avalon City Beach Patrol Tyler Wolf, William Stahl, and Brett Fitzpatrick.
Photo 2: Pictured left to right are Catherine Dudick, MD, Trauma surgeon and chair, Department of Critical Care, ARMC and Chad DeSatnick, of Cold Spring, New Jersey, northeast events coordinator, Life Rolls On™; former Cape May lifeguard and former spinal cord injury patient, who were among the speakers at AtlantiCare’s third annual Lifeguards SAVE event at Greate Bay Country Club June 27. “Awareness and observation are key,” said Dudick. “Lifeguards make all the difference for beachgoers because of their roles as first-responders. They are vital to our community.”
Photo 3: Pictured left to right at AtlantiCare’s third annual Lifeguards SAVE event at Great Bay Country Club June 27 are Mary Rodgers, educational coordinator, Harrah’s Regional Trauma Center at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center; Kathy Kerstetter, NP, Trauma; Catherine Dudick, MD, Trauma surgeon and chair, Department of Critical Care, ARMC and Chad DeSatnick, of Cold Spring, New Jersey, northeast events coordinator, Life Rolls On™; former Cape May lifeguard and former spinal cord injury patient; Julie Molinari, services coordinator, Trauma; Kim Schunk, program manager, Trauma; Monica Titus, Trauma and Neurosciences director, ARMC; Carol Bissinger, program manager, AtlantiCare Neurosciences Institute; and Erin Higgins, Stroke Program coordinator, AtlantiCare Neurosciences Institute.
Photo 4: Pictured left to right at AtlantiCare’s third annual Lifeguards SAVE event at Great Bay Country Club June 27 are members of the Upper Township Beach Patrol Bill Handley, captain; Rod Tile; and Wayne MacMurray.
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