Author must work at a community hospital as all Level I and II trauma centers must have an IR available 24 hours a day and Level I-III must have an IR response time within 30 minutes.
Author must work at a community hospital as all Level I and II trauma centers must have an IR available 24 hours a day and Level I-III must have an IR response time within 30 minutes.
Nothing wrong with the authors statement. It takes time to bring in an IR team, hopefully a short amount of time. But it is always better to know about a case that may be coming to IR. Bad outcomes often result when consults are called too late. And there are many specialties that are not always 'in house' even at academic centers.