St. Petersburg Injury Lawyer Michael Babboni Concerned With Ambulance Delays At Crash Sites

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Feb. 16, 2015 - PRLog -- A recent finding highlighted by a story from The Tampa Bay Times has shown that ambulances are staying on the scene of accidents with traumatic injuries nearly twice as long as international guidelines recommend.

The guidelines were set to ensure that victims of accidents who have sustained a traumatic injury will get the the hospital in 60 minutes or less – the so-called “Golden Hour”. This is because in trauma cases patients who arrive at the hospital to get treatment within an hour have a much better success rate. While the report on ambulance times at the scene of traumatic injuries is troubling for many, it does not show that patients have been delayed beyond the golden hour in getting treatment.

Saint Petersburg lawyer, Michael Babboni, who has represented accident victims for over 27 years in Pinellas County, expressed concern over recent revelations that ambulances are spending nearly twice as long at the scene of serious accidents than the county’s 10 minute goal. Mr. Babboni stated,  “The current average of 19 minutes from the time an ambulance arrives on the scene of a trauma alert to the time it departs for the hospital is too long. In many of these situations, every minute is critical, and often times can mean the difference between life and death.”

About St. Petersburg Personal Injury Lawyer Michael Babboni

Since October of 1987, Babboni has practiced civil and criminal litigation in St. Petersburg, Florida. He has been lead counsel in jury trials from Pasco County to Sarasota County on the West Coast of Florida, and from Sanford south to Sebring in Central Florida. Michael J. Babboni has also litigated extensively before the Second District of Appeals, winning reversals on several important appellate decisions.

Michael J. Babboni was selected by the St. Petersburg City Council as a charter member of the city's Nuisance Abatement Board, which has served as a model for other large municipalities throughout the state of Florida. Michael J. Babboni also served on the City of St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce Committee, which helped attract a major league baseball team to the city. In 1997, Michael J. Babboni was certified by the Supreme Court of Florida as a Circuit Court Mediator

More about Attorney Michael Babboni at: http://www.getmejustice.com/st-petersburg

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