this seems to be terribly wrong " If the time of arrival at the trauma or specialty referral center via ground unit is less than 30 minutes, there will generally be no benefit in using the helicopter, especially for Trauma Decision Tree categories Charlie and Delta. "
from https://www.miemss.org/home/Portals/0/Docs/Guidelines_Protocols/MD-Medical-Protocols-2025-Hyperlinked-HR-05062025.pdf ======================= the goal is always to save the patient - by whatever means possible - at the lowest cost if medevac helos are on patrol over every county - then they should respond to every alpha and bravo call - they should seek the nearest safe LZ - or they should hoist the patient into the helo - all State Police helos in MD have hoists afaik 1. situation 1 - patient on ground or on flat rooftop - drop stretecher and medic - pickup medic and patient 2. situation 2 - paient inside a bld - gonna need someone to drag the patient out of the bld and to the stretcher from the helo - anybody - even the helo medic could be lowered to the scene and drag the patient outside - then hoist away 3. situation 3 - patient in water - gonna need a diver or a floating stretcher - rare 4. not quite so radical - cant use hoist in maryland except in state forests - OMG CANT DO ANYTHING RADICAL - we dont care how many people die needlessly - OMG CANT DO ANYTHING RADICAL 5. bottom line - helo can fly victim to trauma center in 10 minutes - which is FAR less than 30 minute ground transport -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/massfire/CAFXWwKaESgskgmMFpXptR05veNkqVMRfHL__xYxkfDopPfqpVA%40mail.gmail.com.
