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The speed of life
The speed of life
Experts believe a quick response to a critical injury is crucial to the patient’s survival – and sometimes such an emergency rescue means having to fl y across Africa
By Dr Anske van As
IT’S just after midnight. ‘‘Please go to the airport immediately,’’
the emergency centre operator says. It’s an all too
familiar telephone call requesting an urgent response.
‘‘What’s the patient’s condition?’’ I ask automatically.
‘‘Critical following a car accident a few hours ago. Multiple
broken bones and organ damage. A 40-year-old French nurse in
East Africa. She has lost a lot of blood and is on a ventilator to
help her breathe…
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