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<P><BR>prehospital protocols are in place, unfortunatly just for the medicalised ambulance (of which we hace one covering a poulacion of about 100,000 (in the summer anywhere up to 400,000) and an area including mountains. In this casa this ambulance was occupied and the medical ambulance was sent out from the trauma center (35-40 minutes), the normal paramedics arn't used to taking theses decisions and the only treatment the can give is O2. If they had gone straight to the trauma center in this casa the pacient would have arested in the ambulance in the time to get to the trauma center.</P>
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<P>i agree that a lot of work has to be done (and money) in the prehospital setting to reach the standards of most european countries</P></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr>Live Search, for accurate results! <a href="http://g.msn.com/8HMAENNL/2734??PS=47575" target="_top">Click here</a> </html>