Dear Care for Crash Victims Community Members:
Yesterday Montanans elected another Republican to Congress. See
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/greg-gianforte-gop-wins-montana_us_5925fda5e4b061d8f81efde9
How many Montanans knew that about 4 people die of injuries due to vehicle violence each week in Montana? See
https://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=b6f7538422b5426294745e2affd24d8e&extent=-140.8255,18.5254,-48.8919,56.9713
https://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=b6f7538422b5426294745e2affd24d8e&extent=-140.8255,18.5254,-48.8919,56.9713
How many Montanans knew that about 71% of people who died of these injuries were “Not Taken” to any medical facility for emergency care? See attached data.
How many Americans know that over the years 2011 – 2015 the number of Americans who died of injuries due to vehicle violence was 166,990 people. And that 56% were “Not Taken” to any medical facility for emergency care. DRTs!
What are DRTs? Two years ago I wrote about EMS Week and how a Montanan taught me what DRTs are. See https://www.careforcrashvictims.com/blog/blog-celebrates/
Imagine if each family that suffered such a tragedy posted their stories on a national online map. Would we have seen more action to prevent such tragedies?
Fewer Americans would be bamboozled.
Lou Lombardo
