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Mon Apr 30 20:50:40 BST 2007

I lived in Maine for 10 years.  There are many rural areas that it would
take a long time to get to by ground.  I currently live 9 miles from Cooper
University Medical Center.  There are times of the day that would mean that
I am over an hour away by ground.  I may be 15 minutes away by air.  I'll
let my mom wait for the chopper.  Thanks.

On 4/30/07, Bjorn, Pret <pbjorn at emh.org> wrote:
>
> 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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