Diana's Death- Looking Back

From CBS News:

Glamorized in life, Princess Diana continues to be scrutinized 10 years after her death.

An early-morning traffic accident in a Paris tunnel killed Diana's companion, Dodi Al-Fayed, and the driver of their car. But Diana was conscious after the accident and did not appear to be seriously hurt. In truth, she was bleeding internally.

Had the accident occurred in the United States, Diana would have been rushed to a hospital. However, the French have a different system: They first try to stabilize the patient at the scene. Still, as CBS News correspondent Erin Moriarty reports, that difference doesn't explain the series of missteps and delays in Diana's medical care that experts say never should have happened.

After I watched this clip on the CBS News, I was in awe at the horrible care that the Princess had received. I had heard it was the custom to send the Doctor out to the scene of the accident in Europe, which is not usual in the states. An anxious trauma patient needs to have hemorrhagic shock excluded long before any sedation is even considered. They used up their "golden hour" long before she ever got to the hospital. Her care is a good argument for "scoop & run" in these types of situations.

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