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Wed Jun 1 16:47:50 BST 2005

Yes.  In fact, Maine's EMS Trauma Advisory Committee has formally declared
that it is not a care standard, but rather that it be regarded as an option,
prescribed only at the discretion of neurosurgeons, only at trauma centers.

Pret Bjorn, RN, etc.
EMMC Trauma Program
489 State St
Bangor, ME 04401

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From: Mary Jo Quintero [mailto:MQuintero at CHILDRENSCENTRALCAL.ORG] 
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Subject: Question: Has your hospital discontinued the use of steroids as
standard of care for spinal cord in

Question:  Has your hospital discontinued the use of steroids as
standard of care for spinal cord injury?    Thanks for your feedback in
advance.  

Mary Jo Quintero, RN, CCRN, TNCC
Critical Care Transport Services
Transport Coordinator, PICU
559.353.8661
Water Safety Program 
559.353.8770
mquintero at childrenscentralcal.org

Children's Hospital Central California
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