Trauma in the air Victims wait for help

[KMATTOX at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/1/2007 7:29:35 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
HAXScott at aol.com writes:

Whoa, I  thought it was 2007... didn't we learn anything in the 70's and   
80's????

If I, or my  mother/father/sister/nieces/nephew/partner/friends,  etc, is/are 
 
bleeding to death, or my brain has a bad boo-boo, and you have  to  drive 20 
or 
30 or 40 minutes longer to get me or them to a TRAUMA   CENTER, then please 
do 
so. Obviously, you should interpret this as WAIT  for the  helicopter 
on-scene 
if it gets me or them to a TRAUMA CENTER  sooner than to a  community 
hospital. Heck, stick me in the back of a  BLS ambulance with an  EMT and 
drive a 
half-hour past the community  hospital to get me to a trauma  center, 
particularly 
if my brain has  an owie. 



For urban and suburban areas helicopter transport actually takes LONGER on  
average than ground ambulance transport.    
 
k



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