Recap on the Rindge NH car crash 1. They started looking for the helo before they reached the scene - good
2. DHART couldnt fly so the dispatcher had to call Worcester LifeFlight - what if Worcester said no? - would they then have to make a additional telephone call to Boston medFlight or hartford Helo or Albany helo or Philadelphia helo? - maybe need a better system here - not good 3. Distance to MGH hospital in Boston is 60 miles via roads. Distance to UMass trauma center in Worcester is 40 or 48 miles by road - 1 hour and 2 minutes - or 1 hour and 5 minutes - for regular drivers - maybe 50 minutes for an ambulance 4. Helo crew does not seem to have any special capabilitys above that of a ground crew in this trauma situation 5. nearest regular hospitals are - Peterboro NH - gardner MA - Leominster MA - all probably have LZs - 15 to 20 miles away I guess - but what trauma capability do they have? Can they give whole blood? Maybe yes. 6. Let me check the distance to the trauma center in Lebanon NH - OK it is 80 or 90 miles to Lebanon NH - 67 to 77 miles to Bay State Medical Center trauma center in Springfield MA 7. Pulling all of this info together - they lost 10 minutes probably trying to find a helo that would fly - they had to wait 25 minutes for helo to fly to scene - they probably lost 10 minutes loading the patient into the helo - all together they lost 45 minutes versus 'scoop and run" - in 45 minutes they could have been at the Worcester trauma center Bottom line - helo didnt pay off in this situation apparently If there was a 30 minute extrication of the victim - that would have been a different story obviously Maybe they should have run to Peterboro Hospital and waited for the helo there while running some blood and doing some tests in the hospital OK - I am done -- 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.
