Irvine boy killed crossing street

[rkp]

Echo'ing USC's comment, newfound appreciation and respect for trauma.  CHOC notes this under what makes them a Level II trauma center:

To be designated as a Level II trauma center, CHOC goes above and beyond to meet the requirements set by Orange County Emergency Medical Services by offering the following:
Eight board-certified pediatric trauma surgeons, led by trauma medical director Dr. David Gibbs, and a trauma-trained pediatric nurse manager.
Pediatric specialists in anesthesia, cardiothoracic surgery, craniofacial and plastic surgery, emergency, neurosurgery, otolaryngology (ENT) surgery, orthopaedic surgery, pediatric surgery, urology and vascular surgery, available 24 hours a day.
An award-winning pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) providing intensive and acute care to critically ill surgical and medical pediatric patients.
State-of-the-art operating rooms for performing immediate or emergency surgery using the latest and safest procedures.
Support services for patients and their families dealing with a traumatic situation, including psychology services, child life services, social services and our Pediatric Advanced Care Team.
Additional services in the hospital including a blood bank, radiology and rehabilitation services.
A commitment to providing education about safety and injury prevention in the community.

Also, apparently UCI is the only Level I in OC and these 4 as others noted are the official trauma centers in OC:

Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center
27700 Medical Center Road
Mission Viejo, CA  92691
Hospital:  (949) 364-1400                          (Private)
Trauma:  (949) 364-7754"

UC Irvine Medical Center
101 The City Drive South
Orange, CA  92868
Hospital:  (714) 456-7890                          (University)
Trauma:  (714) 456-5637"

Orange County Global Medical Center
1001 North Tustin
Santa Ana, CA  92705
Hospital:  (714) 835-3555                          (Private)
Trauma:  (714) 953-3422"

Children's Hospital Orange County                           
1201 West La Veta Avenue                                     
Orange CA  92868                                                                 
Hospital: (714) 997-3000

 

[peppy]

Helicopters are not always the fastest way to transport a patient. You need to consider multiple factors: incident location, weather, traffic, availability of ground vs air transport, and severity of injury. Although the actual flight time might be shorter, you need to add time for dispatch, flight time to location, pickup time at landing zone, and then flight time to the hospital. In many cases, ground transport with lights and sirens makes more sense.

Sunday at 5 PM probably not a lot of traffic. Probably would have went by ambulance to either Mission or Global (or maybe CHOC since that is where he eventually went).

Not all ERs are ready to deal with children. That's why they ended up at CHOC and not necessarily the closest one.

 

[irvinehomeshopper]

Victims usually died once they left the boundaries of Irvine. On their way to all the hospitals equipped to deals with trauma the victims died from a heart attack learning that the ambulance must travel to Santa Ana.