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Mon Apr 30 20:53:21 BST 2007

1 hour to go 9 miles?????

Andrew

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Forrest Robleto" <farcpr at gmail.com>
To: "Trauma &amp, Critical Care mailing list" <trauma-list at trauma.org>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 3:50 PM
Subject: Re: Trauma in the air Victims wait for help


> 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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