BALTIMORE — More than 80 trauma professionals and first responders received a huge honor from the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center Saturday night.
They were hailed heroes during the 34th annual Shock Trauma Heroes Celebration. The event took place at the Weinman Hall, M&T Bank Exchange, and Hippodrome Theatre.
They were recognized for their outstanding abilities to provide lifesaving care to critically injured patients.
Frederick County Farmer Zene Wolfe and Montgomery County Police Sergeant Patrick Kepp both share painful memories.
“While I was working on the farm, I was crushed in a skid loader and it broke up my pelvis and did some internal injury,” Wolfe said.
In November of 2022, Wolfe slid out of the seat to remove the netting from a bale and accidentally hit a control lever that lowered the loader’s arms. He was airlifted to Shock Trauma where doctors used an external fixator with rods, bars, and screws to stabilize Wolfe’s fractured pelvis. Wolfe spent 6 ½ weeks in Shock Trauma and doctors were able to reconstruct his urethra and reverse his colostomy.