Every day in Maine there is a car crash, near drowning, ski - TopicsExpress

Every day in Maine there is a car crash, near drowning, ski accident, massive heart attack- some event which leaves someone in medical trauma. If it happens within an hour of Maine Medical Center or Eastern Maine Medical Center - Maines only two trauma centers-your chances of surviving are quite good. They call it The Golden Hour. But a large percentage of Mainers live more than an hour from those facilities. So trauma doctors and staff here have become pioneers in bringing life-saving skills to you, via telemedicine.