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Dedicated nurse wins BWMC, county honorsPublished 07/10/09
Courtesy photoGenevieve Wilbourne, Baltimore Washington Medical Center's 2009 Nurse of the Year, checks up on patient Elmer Johnson Jr. of Annapolis. Wilbourne, a Pasadena resident who has worked at BWMC since 1975, was recently recognized by the county Fire Department for heroism in helping the victim of a car accident. Genevieve "Genny" Wilbourne is never really off duty. That was evident last August, when the nurse at Baltimore Washington Medical Center stopped at the scene of a one-vehicle accident on Fort Smallwood Road to administer CPR to the victim. The driver, who later died, had been thrown 100 feet from her car. "I have a mask that I carry with me all the time, so I used that," said the 67-year-old Pasadena woman. "She had a pulse but wasn't breathing." This spring, the county Fire Department honored Wilbourne, and two other residents who stopped to help that day, with a Citizens Exemplary...
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