Comments on: ER doctor sounds siren for change http://gruntdoc.com/2006/02/er-doctor-sounds-siren-for-change.html Ramblings of an Emergency Physician in Texas Sat, 12 May 2012 12:36:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jim in Texas http://gruntdoc.com/2006/02/er-doctor-sounds-siren-for-change.html/comment-page-1#comment-3457 Jim in Texas Tue, 21 Feb 2006 12:06:31 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2006/02/er-doctor-sounds-siren-for-change.html#comment-3457 It has been my assumption, possibly false as some many have become the older I get, that trauma centers have been closing all over the U.S. simple because they can't generate enough income to keep going. If so, that's one of the darker sides of Adam Smith's hand. When I was stationed in Southern California (or as my wife put it "held hostage by the USAF in the High Desert") I saw several trauma centers close for what appeared to be nothing more than money problems. It seemed that the bulk of people who needed those type of "golden hour" services were of a group of (for the lack of a better word)"risk takers" who usually possessed neither the insurance nor the resources to pay for those services. I don't know how accurate that assumption is but if it is then what would be the chances of starting a successful program here? It has been my assumption, possibly false as some many have become the older I get, that trauma centers have been closing all over the U.S. simple because they can’t generate enough income to keep going. If so, that’s one of the darker sides of Adam Smith’s hand.

When I was stationed in Southern California (or as my wife put it “held hostage by the USAF in the High Desert”) I saw several trauma centers close for what appeared to be nothing more than money problems.

It seemed that the bulk of people who needed those type of “golden hour” services were of a group of (for the lack of a better word)”risk takers” who usually possessed neither the insurance nor the resources to pay for those services.

I don’t know how accurate that assumption is but if it is then what would be the chances of starting a successful program here?

]]> By: Anonymous http://gruntdoc.com/2006/02/er-doctor-sounds-siren-for-change.html/comment-page-1#comment-3456 Anonymous Tue, 21 Feb 2006 10:40:32 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2006/02/er-doctor-sounds-siren-for-change.html#comment-3456 I don't know any ER doc who works 76 hours a week. ;) I don’t know any ER doc who works 76 hours a week. ;)

]]> By: symtym http://gruntdoc.com/2006/02/er-doctor-sounds-siren-for-change.html/comment-page-1#comment-3458 symtym Mon, 20 Feb 2006 18:14:58 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2006/02/er-doctor-sounds-siren-for-change.html#comment-3458 <strong>Wonder Woman</strong> via GruntDoc ER doctor sounds siren for change | Houston Business Journal | 2.20.06 Even with a 76-hour-a-week work schedule and eight kids, Dr. Diana Fite finds time to tend to the trauma system.… See GruntDoc's post and read... Wonder Woman

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