![]() They're given suggestions on where to go, but if they're more familiar with one hospital they might choose to go there even though it might not be the best place for the patient." "Right now, paramedics decide what hospitals to go to. "The population isn't high out there," he said, "but for major accidents and injuries the closest places for care are not close – it's Wheeling and Huntington, West Virginia."Įlsewhere in the state, "We don't really know if the patients are going to the right hospital at the right time," said Haas. Jonathan Saxe, a professor and trauma surgeon at Wright State University and chair of Ohio's Committee on Trauma, which advises the EMS board. "You have smaller hospitals there and the biggest issue is getting the expertise such as an orthopaedic surgeon on staff 24 hours a day, seven days a week," said Dr. The new rules would allow the lead agency to designate trauma centers or remove designations as needed, in between once-every-three year reviews by the American College of Surgeons. Cheryl Grossman, R-Grove City, that aims to create a go-to trauma oversight agency, and a position of state medical director of trauma and nursing director. They're revising legislation drafted by state Rep. The problems have experts including Steinberg, Haas and others pushing legislators to make new reforms. ![]() Everyone involved from pre-hospital care, to hospitals, to injury prevention efforts – we don't act like much of a system. "There is no one at the state level whose job it is to manage the trauma system on a day-to-day basis. "We're all working very hard, but we're all volunteers," said Steinberg. The board is made up of physicians, paramedics and other emergency workers who have full-time jobs elsewhere. While the EMS board is charged with overseeing Ohio's trauma system, it lacks key regulatory power. ![]()
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