Talk:Golden hour (medicine)

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[edit] Criticisms of the Golden Hour

The golden hour is not a universally accepted medical concept, perhaps we should have a section where its pros and cons are discussed? I'm not fully au-fait with the literature as it currently stands, but maybe someone who is should have a look? --John24601 20:31, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Two cites

The two citations at the end of the article, is there some linkage we can provide? Merely referencing the studies in question, without giving the reader the opportunity to go to them and draw their own conclusions is akin to giving a hungry man a picture of food.

I, for one, am not married to the Golden Hour as a standard, and would welcome some rigorous investigation of the appropriateness of the load-and-go or stay-and-play methodologies for pre-hospital care, esp. of trauma patients. I am going to add a note to the effect that the "Golden Hour" concept is well-documented in cases of thrombosis-induced CVA, though it is three hours, not one, unless someone can convince me otherwise.