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Mon Sep 28 16:53:59 BST 2009

Is anyone out there still doing the "towel-clip closure" for damage control?  If so, how is it justified?

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From: trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org [mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org] On Behalf Of Molly Berkowitz
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 11:46 AM
To: Trauma-List [TRAUMA.ORG]
Subject: Re: Question

Amen, Dr. Mattox....this is our teachable moment not only with our 
prehospital providers, but also with the general public. If the regional 
concept was universally understood, the right patient would be transported 
to the right facility at the right time, and there would not be a question 
of lost business.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <KMATTOX at aol.com>
To: <trauma-list at trauma.org>
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: Question

> >From what I have read and experienced, this policy to stop at the nearest
> facility should be changed.  It is based on some old desires to not loose
> business, even though the closest facility often does not have the
> appropriate  expertese.
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> k
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> In a message dated 9/28/2009 10:14:05 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> Krin135 at aol.com writes:
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> Virtually all of the Basic only
> squads  I've worked with  in the past 20 years are required by their
> protocols to
> transport to the  nearest facility.
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