To followup on my earlier post - 1. there was no extrication required - the patient was in the road
2. if Rindge had a ambulance instead of a Rescue, they could have scooped the patient and headed to Boston 2A. even waiting for the Troy Ambulance to arrive only cost them 10 minutes 3. ground travel time to Boston would be 60 minutes probably 4. waiting 20 minutes for the helo - then spending 20 minutes loading the patient into the helo - then flying 20 minutes to the hospital 5. you do the math 6. the helo probably only saved them 10 to 15 minutes - if that 7. probably if they had gone to the hospital in Leominster Mass and rendezvoused with either a helo or a critical care team there - might have made good sense 8. I have never heard a ground ambulance do a 60 mile transport around here - sometimes they will do 20 miles into a Boston trauma center from Lowell or Brockton - they are probably afraid of getting lost - I wonder if they even have GPS in any of the municipal ambulances around here -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/massfire?hl=en.
