Regional One Health Foundation recently unveiled a new art installation, Healing Motion, which was created by Memphis-based artist Danny Broadway. Broadway was inspired to create the colorful, expressive paintings after his wife Gia was a patient at Regional One Health following a serious car accident. The piece is designed to celebrate health care workers [...]
Sam Reid was sledding with some friends when he was thrown into a metal tractor spike, which impaled him from his stomach to his neck. Thanks to the lifesaving care and intensive rehabilitation therapy he received at Regional One Health, the accident does not define Sam's life. Instead, 2021 was full of milestones, including [...]
As a Regional One Health Foundation board member, Trey Carter helps support lifesaving care for the entire Mid-South - but he never imagined he'd need that care himself. Trey severely broke his leg and hand in an accident and was rushed to the Elvis Presley Trauma Center. After 31 days of care and physical [...]
The ONE Health complex care program is designed to help patients address both medical and social needs so they can live healthier lives. While Regional One Health has the expertise to oversee the medical aspect, partnerships are key to providing support for social issues like homelessness, mental health, hunger and transportation. One of those partners, [...]
Gregory Bradford came to Regional One Health's emergency department after he experienced serious complications due to unmanaged diabetes. At the time, Gregory was homeless and had no access to regular care. He was connected with the ONE Health complex care initiative, which helped him access regular health care and medication, housing and healthy food. Today, [...]
As one of the five busiest Level-1 Trauma Centers in the country, the Elvis Presley Trauma Center treats an incredible wide variety of critical injuries. The multidisciplinary team is ready around-the-clock to provide lifesaving medical care with skill and compassion. For one area family, the fulfillment of that mission led to a commitment to giving [...]
The last thing Desoto County Deputy Sheriff Austin Eldridge recalls after he was hit by a drunk driver is the terrifying sensation of going from upright to on the ground in an instant. It’s the kind of moment when one’s life flashes before their eyes. For Austin, that meant work, church, and, [...]
A traumatic injury can happen to anyone, anytime – which is why having a world-class team of experts available around-the-clock to provide lifesaving medical care is so vital to the health and safety of our community. Kevin Adams, a family man and CEO, was seriously injured during a ride with his cycling team. [...]
In May of 2021, Edward Apple walked across a stage at The University of Mississippi in Oxford to receive his college diploma. It’s a rite of passage for numerous young adults every year, but for Edward and his family, it was also a time of reflection. Because Edward Apple very easily could not have made [...]
Since 1984, Regional One Health’s Elvis Presley Trauma Center has built a legacy of providing lifesaving care to the most critically injured patients in the Mid-South. Nearly four decades later, it continues to enhance its capacity to provide exceptional trauma care. Dr. Andy Kerwin was a trauma and critical care fellow at the Elvis [...]
