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Each May, we celebrate National Trauma Awareness Month. During this month, we highlight the work of talented trauma teams around the country, educate the community about how to stay safe and help them learn when to receive care if and when trauma strikes. We are about to kick off our busy season as care providers, with the summer seeing the most traffic through our Trauma Center — everything from motor vehicle wrecks, to sports injuries, falls and water related injuries. But this year's Trauma Awareness Month is also special for the CHRISTUS Spohn Trauma Team because we are moving our trauma program to CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi– Shoreline, bringing together for the first time the region's only Level II Trauma Program with the lifesaving technologies and specialists found at Shoreline hospital. It's an exciting time to continue providing care to all of the members of our Coastal Bend community at our Shoreline campus. Inside this issue of LiveWell magazine, you will learn more about our Trauma Program and all of the different specialties and skill sets that work in harmony to create a continuum of care for our trauma patients. It's an honor to continue to serve our community as CHRISTUS Spohn's chief medical officer and trauma medical director. Also, you will read a heartwarming story about a CHRISTUS Spohn nurse who inspired her daughters to follow in her footsteps, and meet a plastic surgeon who practices at CHRISTUS Spohn and plays a large role in reconstructive surgery for trauma patients. We thank you for taking the time to learn more about the CHRISTUS Spohn mission to extend the healing ministry of Jesus Christ, and encourage you to contact us if you have a great story you'd like to see in LiveWell. Best wishes, Dr. Osbert Blow Chief Medical Officer and Trauma Medical Director CHRISTUS Spohn Health System 2017 6 LiveWell is produced by the CHRISTUS Spohn Marketing Department. Publisher: Michele Mora-Trevino, Executive Director of Marketing & Community Relations Editor: Steven Alford, Communications Manager Contributing Photographer: Raymond Gray ON THE COVER: CHRISTUS Spohn Trauma Program Visit christusspohn.org/locations for our locations. Summer 3 The Family Business 4 Count on CHRISTUS 5 An Exerciser's Best Friend 8 Transformations for a Brighter Future CHRISTUS Spohn Health System complies with applicable Federal civil rights law and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability or sex. For more information, please go to http://www.christusspohn.org/nondiscrimination-notice ATENCIÓN: Si habla español, tiene a su disposición servicios gratuitos de asistencia lingüística. CHÚ Ý: Nếu bạn nói Tiếng Việt, có các dịch vụ hỗ trợ ngôn ngữ miễn phí dành cho bạn. Dog owners are 34 percent more likely to get the recommended 150 minutes of exercise each week, according to the Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 10 11 2 christusspohn.org | Summer 2017 WELCOME