> [!zettel] > - keywords:: [[Golden Gate Bridge]], [[San Francisco]], [[Suicide]] > - location:: [[Golden Gate Bridge]], [[San Francisco]], [[California]] > - place:: [[San Francisco]] > - period:: [[2010s]], [[2020s]] - [i] related:: [[low rate of survivors among Golden Gate Bridge jumpers]] - [b] [[swan2022DoctorsStudiedMore|Swan, R. (2022, March 22). Doctors studied more than 2 decades of Golden Gate Bridge jumps. Their research shows why some manage to survive]] - ["] Before 2010, the average survival rate historically was 2%. Since 2010, it has risen to 3%. This rise has been attributed to MarinHealth Medical Center being verified as a trauma center in 2009. According to the March 2022 article, eight of the previous nine patients brought into the hospital survived their injuries. - Some of the requirements for designation - adequate staffing - services - equipment - expertise - case loads - Some of the intervention steps: - flares dropped into the water to help locate the person - [I] This is consistent with what I observed and experienced. While there wasn't a flare, we were trained to point and keep eyes on the person in the water. This served as additional help for the crew while they navigated to the person, and prepared to be able to bring them aboard. - U.S. Coast Guard follows the current from the flare - [I] This is consistent with what I observed and experienced. They were incredibly responsive and fast. - ambulance transport survivors to hospital in Greenbrae - hospital has trauma surgery and specialists