actually - little rock trauma center is only 133 air miles away -
https://news.uams.edu/2024/02/21/uams-again-designated-as-a-level-1-trauma-center/
On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 1:39 PM Peteri Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://www.regionalonehealth.org/main-campus/regional-medical-center/elvis-presley-trauma-center/
>
> we have a problem houston
>
> 'this is the only level 1 trauma center within 150 miles radius of
> memphis' - mentioned on this webpage 3 times
>
> considering that helos probably travel at 120 mph - then it sure seems
> that a huge area cannot be reached with a one hour transport time
>
> basically - anyone who is more than 75 miles from the hospital is not
> going to arrive within the golden hour
>
> so the system is engineered to fail a certain number of people - the
> people in the most rural areas
>
> welcome to america
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