In message <008c01c0ada7$77618f80$34a27ad5@afogarty>, Adrian Fogarty
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>----- Original Message -----
>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
Simple.
Go to 'Arlow wot has an 'elipad and then go to more than one or 2 so
called London teaching 'ospitals with cardiothoracics on site wot 'ave
not!
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Stephen Hughes
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