Clinical Education & Research

Benjamin serves as a hospital-based Program Coordinator for Trauma Injury Prevention & Education, where he builds and runs the hospital's clinical education and community outreach programs. In his first year in the role, he led more than 55 education and outreach activities, reached over 1,000 people directly, and built partnerships with more than 20 regional agencies, including Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, the Broward Sheriff's Office, AMR, Hatzalah, and the Florida Department of Health. He also delivers hands-on clinical education to Trauma Nurse Leaders and Emergency Department nurses and oversees the hospital's HealthStream training platform for these nurses.

Programs Built From the Ground Up

  • Launched the hospital's ATLS provider course

  • Built a pediatric trauma simulation program

  • Developed a pediatric crash-cart and Broselow competency curriculum

  • Directed two full-scale mass-casualty-incident drills and a multi-agency tabletop exercise

  • Authored more than 30 role-specific emergency response guides

  • Represents the hospital on regional injury-prevention coalitions and Florida Department of Health committees

Research & Scholarly Activity

  • Principal Investigator, Fall-Prevention Education Study in Adults Aged 55+ Admitted to a Trauma Service — HCA Florida Aventura Hospital (in progress, data collection underway)

  • Eliansky, B. D. (2026). Building a Trauma Injury Prevention Program from the Ground Up: An ACS-Aligned Framework for Programs Without Existing Infrastructure. Fourth Annual Virtual Conference on Trauma and Burn Injury Prevention, December 4, 2026. Sole author; accepted for conference presentation, manuscript pending publication.

Professional Involvement

  • Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) — active member

  • Society of Trauma Nurses (STN) — active member

  • Society of Trauma Nurses (STN), Pediatric Trauma Steering Committee — member