Trauma in the air Victims wait for help

[Andrew J Bowman]

Of course the data looks good from Korea, Vietnam and Iraq. Those places
have/had unsafe or non-existent ground transport capability. Air was the
only way to go. The US is not the same thing when it comes to ground vs. air
EMS transport. You cannot defend US air EMS by quoting situations in third
world war zones.

Andrew

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bjorn, Pret" <pbjorn at emh.org>
To: "Trauma &amp; Critical Care mailing list" <trauma-list at trauma.org>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 3:44 PM
Subject: RE: Trauma in the air Victims wait for help


The data is actually rather compelling and durable; it just doesn't come
out of most parts of New Jersey.  Instead, think Korea, Viet Nam, and
Iraq.

For that matter, I could (if HIPAA permitted) give you the names and eye
colors of at least a couple of our patients each year who would be
decidedly more dead or disabled if not for Maine's LifeFlight program.
To be fair, I admit our trauma center mortality is going UP at the same
time -- owing to patients who would have otherwise died at the community
hospital, or during the truck ride (from thirty minutes to four hours)
to a Maine trauma center.

Just because you live ten minutes' drive from a trauma surgeon, doesn't
mean everyone does.

Pret

-----Original Message-----
From: trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org
[mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org] On Behalf Of rescsteve at aol.com
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 3:03 PM
To: trauma-list at trauma.org
Subject: Re: Trauma in the air Victims wait for help

Show me the data that the use of the copter makes a difference in
patient outcomes.

Steve


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