Task: Answer Verification
Input (English): Question: Do lack of Acute Hand Care in the Southwest United States?
Answer: Patients transferred for acute hand care were young and male, and traveled an average 51 miles to get to our center. More than half of these patients were treated and discharged from our ED. This indicates that a majority may have been managed in a clinic setting. Most EDs in our region do not have a hand surgeon available. Most emergency physicians surveyed had received little training in management of acute hand injuries and hand infections. Further research is needed to identify methods to remove barriers to provision of care for patients with hand trauma.
Output (English): yes