New Hampshire hospitals prepare for Laconia Motorcycle Week
June 19, 2009
Hospitals in the area have prepared for this year’s Motorcycle Week and are expecting a busy weekend as the week comes to an end.
According to an article in the Union Leader today, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Lakes Region General Healthcare made preparations months ago for the increase in injuries that are treated in their emergency rooms during the festivities of Motorcycle Week.
To get ready for motorcycle-related accidents, the hospitals have:
- Increased staffing for doctors, nurses and assistants
- Based a helicopter nearby for the week
- Stocked blood supplies
- Rented extra hospital equipment
- Ordered extra burn dressing supplies
- Denied vacation/time-off for some employees
- Maintained a second on-call team for trauma and neurosurgery
Last year, approximately 151 motorcycle injuries occurred – down from the previous year’s 161 injuries. In 2007, five motorcyclists lost their lives during Motorcycle Week and ten riders were killed in 2006.
Hospital workers are well prepared for the trauma they might see as a result of injuries this week.
To read the full article on how area hospitals have readied their staff for the Laconia Motorcycle Week, click here.
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