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In a message dated 7/14/2004 5:19:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Sue <Suefire6 at charter.net> writes:

>According to the news article, the EMS crew on scene
>called for the helo because the state's trauma criteria
>demanded that she go to a trauma center, preferably
>by helo. It's a shame that they have not caught up to
>the times of thinking about the consequences, but I
>seriously doubt that it was the callous attitude you
>portray of wanting "to go back to bed and not spend
>time driving this patient to an appropriate facility."
>
>You presume facts not in evidence.
>
>Sue
In fact, there is nothing in South Carolina's or any state's trauma criteria that says anything about helo vs ground transport if someone requires a trauma center--note how such mythology so easily creeps into these posts
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