Regarding EBM:-
Abscence of evidence is not evidence of abscence.
Simon
Simon Carley
SpR in Emergency Medicine
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Subject: Re: Hospital league tables
> > The training in HEMS is second to none, as is the experience, and if the
> > 8 people a year continue to use these skills, then I think its been
> money> well spent.
> >
> > Duncan Peacock
> Yes but is there any valid data to support this statement? EBM is the
name of
> the game and has the unit got any peer reviewed papers that I can study
and
> peruse to say that it is an essential life saving operation. In fact is
there
> any data anywhere in the UK to say that Regional Ambulances save lives?
> I know that before Regional Air Ambulances came into existence the
military ran
> a very efficient Helicopter Rescue service and presumably this was non
longer
> or used less. The SR's where I was based used to train with the
helicopter
> crews and they had excellent working relations.
> When we have thick fog or blizzards and the helicopter is grounded I don't
> notice a dramatic increase in the trauma mortality or am I painfully
mistaken?
> If someone can give me some relevant valid data I will be convinced? I
know
> that the local radio where I work is always talking about the lives saved
by
> the Regional Air Ambulance but is this true?
> Danny
> McGeehan
>
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