https://www.wtaj.com/news/local-news/upmc-altoona-making-change-to-trauma-status-prompt-availability-of-surgeons/
from level 2 to level 3 looks like they cant keep a surgeon inhouse 24/7 so they are switching to oncall coverage they are 80 air miles east of pittsburgh - and 80 air miles nw of harrisburg - unknown if any other trauma centers are in the area zerg90 medevac map - https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1hy7GW1DEa2JvZUQplZXJqtEFr18&usp=sharing there is a medevac helo based at altoona there is a VA hospital in altoona - but they dont seem to have an ER - just an urgent care - so maybe 1 rn or 1 PA on duty days 10 air miles to south is small hospital at roaring springs with an ER - and there is another small hospital with an ER 6 air miles to north at tyronne houston - I think we spotted the problem - paying for 3 ERs - when they probably only need one in the area - so they were paying for 3 docs and 1 surgeon on duty 24/7 - if they merge all 3 EDs they can have 2 MDs and 2 surgeons on duty 24/7 this country is so messed up unless they are staffing the small EDs with just a PA - maybe a PA makes 100K and a MD makes 200K - so effectively they can pay for 3 MD on duty 24/7 - maybe not 4 MD - assuming that budgets dont change -- shes got a kid ... together - https://youtu.be/IQQ-hxIwm70?si=8jrwZRcfZg-vN4Ye&t=237 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/massfire/CAFXWwKYquOC0jOUOyrnwHX-reiMYN%2B_F26a20tNrvTfd8uh1yg%40mail.gmail.com.
