Hackensack hospital adding a trauma unit on wheels

[Bjorn, Pret]

You must be new here.  

It was a prophylactic disclosure.  I'm a proud liberal and a registered
Trauma-List rabble-rouser (RTL-RR); had I NOT called attention to the
obvious, someone else would have.  This was my way of keeping it light.
So much for THAT idea...

Pleased to meet you.

Pret


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org] On Behalf Of Forrest Robleto
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 9:43 AM
To: Trauma &amp, Critical Care mailing list
Subject: Re: Hackensack hospital adding a trauma unit on wheels

Pret,

The partisan quip was not constructive. Feel free to rail against those
who
would waste our money.  But to group all of a specific party with fiscal
irresponsibility is to invite a flood of rebuttals.  These too would not
be
constructive.


On 12/1/06, Bjorn, Pret <pbjorn at emh.org> wrote:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org
> [mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Hammond
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 10:37 AM
> To: 'Trauma &amp; Critical Care mailing list'
> Subject: RE: Hackensack hospital adding a trauma unit on wheels
>
> "To the best of my knowledge, this purchase was a unilateral one, not
> coordinated with exisiting agencies in NJ..."
>
>
>
> Even allowing for extremes of incompetence and corruption at every
level
> (pity: such has become so easy to do), this is difficult to believe.
> How could this NOT have triggered state, regional, and local EMS and
> Emergency Preparedness participation?  New Jersey should be ashamed.
>
> Even more than usual.
>
> (Kidding; but you have to admit, it's too easy to do...)
>
> >From a systems standpoint, an RV-ICU is an abjectly stupid idea.
Three
> and a half million dollars could be far better spent on EMS
> infrastructure; or perhaps better yet, combatting violent crime.
Think
> ahead: in the event of an actual large-scale emergency in any US city,
> this big, shiny hospital camper will be a stripped, crumpled,
smoldering
> hulk within an hour.  (At least half of the hardware budget should be
> dedicated to armor.)
>
> Imagine a day when the bureaucrats discover that improving emergency
> care begins with supporting the existing system, not attaching
> expensive, fragile, low-yield doohickeys to it.
>
> ... And don't think I didn't notice that a couple of DEMOCRATS were
> apparently behind this nonsense.  Grrr.
>
> Pret Bjorn, RN
> Bangor, ME USA
>
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