Helicopter EMS Re-Validated?

[Guest guest]

Interesting article, but haven't we already been through this?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110105102723.htm

" Severely injured patients transported by helicopter from the scene of an

accident are more likely to survive than patients brought to trauma centers by

ground ambulance, according to a new study published in The Journal of Trauma:

Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. The study is the first to examine the role

of helicopter transport on a national level and includes the largest number of

helicopter-transport patients in a single analysis... "

My favourite quote:

" " On the national level, it appears as though helicopters are being used

appropriately to transport injured patients to trauma centers, " said Mark

Gestring, M.D., lead study author and director of the Kessler Trauma Center at

the University of Rochester Medical Center... "

Rob