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Half of medevac patients are not seriously injuredPublished 03/30/08
When an Anne Arundel landscaper was caught in a stump grinder and a young woman was thrown headfirst through her car windshield, their lives were saved by Maryland State Police medevac helicopters and the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center.
Paul W. Gillespie - The Capital
Local and state workers prepare for a flight from a recent accident scene. The Capital discovered that about half of medevac patients in recent years are not seriously injured and are released within 24 hours.
The system - considered by many the best medevac and trauma treatment system in the nation - was designed precisely for their types of massive, life-threatening injuries.
But in recent years, about half the patients transported by state police helicopters to a trauma center are not seriously injured; they are treated for nonlife-threatening injuries and released within 24...
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