Blue and silver Pinwheels for Prevention adorned yards, clinics, daycares and other businesses in Greenville, eastern North Carolina and across the country throughout National Child Abuse Prevention Month in April. The pinwheels, meant to represent childlike whimsy and lightheartedness, are a signature display during the month-long campaign to raise awareness around a difficult and important topic.
For team members and supporters at ECU Health and the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University’s Tender Evaluation, Diagnosis and Intervention for a Better Abuse Response (TEDI BEAR) and Mt. Olive Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs), the tireless effort to prevent child abuse in eastern North Carolina is a year-round endeavor.
On Wednesday, April 16, ECU Health’s EastCare celebrated a remarkable milestone: 40 years of dedicated service to the communities of eastern North Carolina. Founded in 1985, the program has grown from a single helicopter operation to a comprehensive medical transport service, offering both ground and air transportation.
EastCare transports patients directly from the scene of an emergency or transfers them from regional hospitals to ECU Health Medical Center, ensuring that critically ill and injured patients receive timely and advanced medical care.
Today, the program operates seven aircraft, with five in use and two back-ups. With eight bases within the region — both ground and air — and 28 ambulances, coverage has expanded to include all of eastern North Carolina as well as parts of South Carolina and Virginia.
You can support the vital services EastCare provides by giving here.
The ECU Health Foundation recently recognized four team members at ECU Health Medical Center with 2024 Brody Awards, on behalf of the Brody families of Kinston and Greenville.
The Brody Awards, established in 1988, are given to team members who demonstrate unparalleled care, compassion, professionalism and commitment in all they do. The awards honor a registered nurse, an allied health professional, a clinical support team member and an Intensive Care Unit nurse.
The 2024 honorees are: Pam Hall, triage telephone nurse in Medical Oncology; Melinda Edwards, trauma registry supervisor; Kaitlin Lehrke, staff nurse II on the Surgical Intensive Care Unit; and Stacey Greenway, former director of Cardiovascular Disease Management.