The medical evidence re. stabilising a trauma victim as soon as possible refers to stabilisation in a hospital setting and not by paramedics along the roadside. Research has shown that your chances of survival in a trauma situation are much better when attended by an EMT as opposed to an Advanced Paramedic. The AP remains at the site carrying out all the procedures he/she has been taught and this delay can be fatal.
There is no evidence to show that we are going to have a better service or that we can be kept alive until we reach a distant hospital or that we will get a better service when we arrive there. For these reasons we reject the new configuration of services and will hold certain people responsible when the fatalities happen.
Peter McMahon
Posted on 30 Jul 2009 9:12 pm
The medical evidence re. stabilising a trauma victim as soon as possible refers to stabilisation in a hospital setting and not by paramedics along the roadside. Research has shown that your chances of survival in a trauma situation are much better when attended by an EMT as opposed to an Advanced Paramedic. The AP remains at the site carrying out all the procedures he/she has been taught and this delay can be fatal.
There is no evidence to show that we are going to have a better service or that we can be kept alive until we reach a distant hospital or that we will get a better service when we arrive there. For these reasons we reject the new configuration of services and will hold certain people responsible when the fatalities happen.