Friday Medevac Question

[Gerard]

So I heard on the radio that a woman working in a factory in Farmingdale had her arm
severed in an accident. Now according to Newsday she was flown by medevac (NCPD?)
to NUMC but then had to be medevaced a 2nd time, NCPD again?, to Stony Brook where doctors were successfull in reattaching the arm.
My question is does NUMC have a microsurgery team? And if not why was she initially taken there and not flown directly to Stony Brook?
Just curious about the double flight.

http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/woman-s-arm-severed-in-industrial-accident-1.2228316

[moose135]

Can't answer the medical question, but it's possible they took her to NUMC first as it was the closest Level 1 trauma center, and they wanted to get her to the hospital and stabilized before evaluating further treatment.

[cancidas]

moose has it right. stabilize first, then the rest.

[Gerard]

Can't answer the medical question, but it's possible they took her to NUMC first as it was the closest Level 1 trauma center, and they wanted to get her to the hospital and stabilized before evaluating further treatment.

Yes I was thinking the same thing. Thanks.