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From: "Dave Fletcher
> Hypothetically, - of course! - You are air-lifting a patient in cardiac
> arrest as a result of hypothermia. Would you overfly an A/E hospital with
a
> helipad:-
> to a hospital 15 miles away without a helipad
> where the landing site is half a mile from the A/E door by road
> but the hospital does have by-pass facilities?
> Regards
> Dave Fletcher
A small point (and pretty non-medical), but why would a DGH have a helipad
yet the centre with cardiac doesn't? It's just that I'd like to think that
all this debate might one day be of practical benefit to someone!!
Adrian Fogarty
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