On September 22, 2014, Suffolk County Police Officer Nicholas Guerrero’s chances for survival were slim. The victim of a hit-and-run driver, Guerrero, age 36, suffered a serious head injury and spent weeks in a medically induced coma at Stony Brook University Hospital.
But, with the help of more than 70 dedicated medical staffers, who he refers to as his "angels," Officer Guerrero is now on his way to a full recovery.
To acknowledge the dozens of people who cared for him during his months in the hospital, Guerrero recently thanked each one of his “angels” with a pin shaped like a police shield, and a green ribbon.
Stony Brook University Hospital has the only Regional Trauma Center in Suffolk County, with one of the highest survival rates in New York. Stony Brook trauma specialists coordinate the initial evaluation and treatment of all injured patients transported by ambulance or helicopter to Emergency Department.
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Some members of Officer Nicholas Guerrero’s team of medical “angels” proudly share the police shield pins he gave to them as a thank you for the care he received at the Stony Brook Trauma Center