NOTE: Audio for this post is accessible at the end
The benefits of the Triage Traveler mobile trauma center over conventional air and rail-based Medevac platforms are many. In the second part of my interview with Justin Sutton (available at the end of this thread), we focus on several. The largest difference has to do with the level of care which casualties and disaster victims will receive.
When I ponder the word triage, the meaning which comes to mind most often is: the sorting of patients according to the urgency of their need for care. The application of this in the field can be tricky because most modern diagnostic tools are unavailable.
That’s where the power of the Triage Traveler mobile trauma center enters the situation because it brings a full-function MRI facility right to the scene. Imagine the benefits! Even if the average hospital or Medevac provider could afford to equip a mobile trauma center with an MRI facility, the logistics of bringing it where it is needed within the golden hour of emergency medical response would be prohibitive in many cases.
Having the amazing power of an MRI in the field only is part of the solution, however. Since critical care is, by definition, critical, the diagnosis which emerges from a reading of MRI results often can point to emergency surgery. Even with the speed of helicopters, though, in some situations, patients can’t wait for a ride to the operating room. They need immediate attention from a surgical trauma team.
For that need, the Triage Traveler mobile trauma center brings a surgical trauma team with it! The real thing, with trauma surgeons and a fully-equipped level 1 surgical suite, comes right to the scene or as near the scene as the rail corridor permits. This amazing improvement can reduce highway fatalities more than any other aspect of the Triage Traveler because it brings the best minds right where they are needed most and allows them to act upon their diagnosis as fast as humanly possible.
Of course, doctors rely on much more than visual scans of their patients. They also need to know about the chemistry of the condition of the patients. What’s more, not all disaster victims and trauma casualties require surgery. They need a doctor but perhaps not a surgeon.
That’s why biochemists are equally vital and the Triage Traveler carries with it a fully functional laboratory for blood and tissue analysis. Quite a combination, huh? The system covers all of the most needed aspects from visual diagnosis and chemical diagnosis to emergency surgery and beyond!
Please click below to hear the second part of my interview with Justin Sutton and learn more about the Triage Traveler mobile trauma center. In this age of global warming, we need solutions of this magnitude more than ever!
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Corbett Kroehler
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