http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20131109/A_NEWS/311090319/-1/NEWSMAP
Interesting. Thoughts???
Interesting. Thoughts???
Given that San Joaquin County has not had any of it's hospitals actually be designated as a Trauma Center until very recently, I'm not surprised that REACH crews did what they did. There are some Level II and Level I Trauma Centers in adjacent Counties, but San Joaquin General isn't but a Level III TC. That hospital has been "playing" Trauma Center without the designation for quite a long time, and I'm not surprised about that either. It's not cheap to keep available all the required services for TC designation.