YOUR donations HELP the TRAUMA CENTER save LIVES After a critical injury, Regional One Health helped Geoffrey Yoste get back to family and cross the finish line The Yoste family has always been close. Virginia Yoste recalls growing up in her big, tight-knit Catholic family with sister Jessica and identical twin brothers Geoffrey and William. They supported one another during tough times and celebrated in times of joy. It was a celebration that brought them together in Oxford, Mississippi on September 22, 2021. “It was my mom’s birthday and my niece was in the homecoming court parade,” Virginia recalls. “Our whole family got together for dinner, and we just had a great time.” In a blink, a gathering that started as a celebration turned into a different kind of demonstration of their remarkable connection and faith. Geoffrey had bought skateboards for himself and his son, and he was trying them out with his nephew. “I had been trying to learn to surf, and there’s not a whole lot you can do for that in Mississippi,” he said. “I was doing some drills, and I fell off the skateboard backward.” Unconscious and bleeding, Geoffrey was airlifted to Regional One Health’s Elvis Presley Trauma Center. As the only Level-1 Trauma Center in a 150-mile radius of Memphis, its expert team provides lifesaving care to the most critically injured patients from all over the Mid-South. Over the years, Regional One Health Foundation donors have helped fund training, technology, and other resources that have helped make the Elvis Presley Trauma Center one of the best in the nation. “Having a Level One Trauma Center in Memphis saved my life,” Geoffrey said. “Everything had to go the way it did in order for me to live. I’m extremely blessed.” 13
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