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Mon Apr 30 20:58:16 BST 2007

Yes  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  And there
are many area's of the country where that might even be worse, Atlanta, Los
Angeles, perhaps Pittsburgh

On 4/30/07, Andrew J Bowman <andrewj.bowman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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> >
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> > V/R
> >
> > Forrest Robleto
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V/R

Forrest Robleto
R House Health & Safety
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