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pinto

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11. There seem to be some gaps in this story as reported.

Mon Nov 25, 2013, 03:30 PM

Nov 2013

Why didn't the 911 call go through? Is there a flaw in the local 911 system? Did the Sheriff's department call a burn care hotline? Who flew the patient to a burn center? I assume it was a medi-vac type transport. If so, pain management ought to have been available as well as basic burn care en-route.

Apparently a lot of cracks in the local systems beyond the hospital closure. Locally, seriously burned patients are routinely flown to a regional burn center - highly specialized care - 138 miles away. Obviously an assessment is made before transport and pain / wound care measures are taken prior to and during transport.

Something fell apart, it seems, in the local links. Glad to see that the woman made it safely to a hospital with a burn care department and is recovering.

Sorry to see what I feel is shoddy reporting on the whole picture.

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