A head injury or major bleed from a motor vehicle accident must be handled within the first hour of injury or the patient has very little chance of survival. The residents of Montgomery County should not accept high death rates as a consequence of living outside Houston. |
A new trauma center in Montgomery County would not only reduce the trauma death rate it would be a new source of jobs for county residents. |
The bullet hit a blood vessel in his neck. And out here, that's not a very good prognosis. He bled to death. The mother of that student came to my class to talk to me. Children shouldn't die before their parents. |
When you travel through Montgomery County and notice the white crosses on the sides of the roads, keep in mind that the nearest trauma center to each cross is downtown Houston. The 2007 Texas Legislature will consider appropriating money for more trauma centers. If elected to the hospital district board, I plan on putting Montgomery County at the front of the line for one of these new facilities. |