5-Things To Know If Your Child Has To Fly To A Trauma Hospital

1- If you are at the scene and give consent for your child to be taken by helicopter to a trauma hospital life saving medical procedures may start during flight or at the hospital before you arrive. 2- If parents are not at the scene and have not been notified of the accident or injury the state may assume custody and life saving procedures may be started before you are notified or consent. When your children go on outings with Church, school or family and friends it’s important to be sure they have emergency contact information one them at all … Continue reading

When Your Child Is Hurt–The Unexpected Trauma Injury

Before you read this Blog I need to warn you, I tend to get a little dramatic when I write about this event in our family’s life. To my credit I think it should be expected that a mommy would be dramatic about a traumatic life changing injury happening to her oldest child. The truth is we do not live our lives thinking we would be the people on the evening news, or that our child would be taken to the hospital in a life flight helicopter. It was December 6, 1992 and snow had covered the valley floor of … Continue reading