Contributing Author: Tonya Rupe
Tonya Rupe is the Trauma Injury Prevention Coordinator at EIRMC. She has been a RN for 20 years, with experience in Wound Care, NICU and the Medical Floor. Thirty years ago, she was an EMT when she received a devastating medical diagnosis for herunborn daughter. 
When born, Tonya’s daughter spent the first few months of her life in the NICU, and
underwent surgery at 4 days old. This experience was so impactful that she chose to attend nursing school soon after.
Tonya has been married for 35 years and they have a son, and daughter and a bonus daughter (in-law), and two grandsons. Tonya’s goal is to ensure her grandsons are always safe and protected, whatever may come their way.
