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Dr. Eileen Bulger notes that of all the trauma patients who come to Harborview, fewer than 10 percent actually bleed enough to qualify for the study. KEEGAN PROSSER, Bellevue Reporter
Bellevue physician to lead national trauma study BY KEEGAN PROSSER Bellevue Reporter
University of Washington researchers are launching a new study this fall, which aims to determine what combination of blood products provides the best outcomes for trauma patients requiring extensive transfusions. Led by Bellevue’s Dr. Eileen Bulger, UW professor of surgery and chief of trauma at Harborview Medical Center, the study will be conducted at 12 Level I trauma centers
across the United States and Canada over the next two years. A transplant from the East Coast who moved to Seattle for her residency, Bulger has been working and conducting research in the Pacific Northwest since 1992. Before taking the position as chief of trauma on August 1, Bulger worked previously as the associate director, and director of emergency at Harborview. Entitled the Pragmatic Randomized Optimal Plasma Platelet Ratio (PROPPR), the study will aim to find out the optimal
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Two opponents of the Spring District development in the Bel-Red Corridor will drop their appeals of the project after developer Wright Runstad agreed to conduct a further traffic study during the permitting process. Kemper Development Company and Woosley Properties dropped their appeals after two days of a possible eight-day meeting in front of the city’s Hearing Examiner. The two companies appealed the city’s acceptance of the development’s master plan because they felt traffic concerns hadn’t been addressed with the project as a whole, but on a building-by-building basis. Todd Woosley, of Woosley Properties, said the process did not address the cumulative impact, and when it does it will be too late. By settling the dispute, and initiating a traffic study, all parties will get an idea of the impacts earlier. “Our transportation analysis shows that several key intersections will fail in the next two to three budget cycles,” Woosley said. The agreement stipulates that the study will be conducted after the city issues all development and building permits for the project’s first 1.5 million square feet of office space, or before Sept. 1, 2020, whichever comes first. The study must be completed before additional office space can be filled, according to the agreement. The study will examine the current traffic conditions of the area, how things would change without further development, and what traffic will look like when the Spring District is complete. Greg Johnson, president of Wright Runstad, did not want to discuss specifics, but said an appeal process can be difficult for all parties. Reaching an agreement allows everyone to plan on what comes next, he said. “Finding ways to work things out is always better than paying attorneys and consultants in some open-ended process,” he said. One appellant still remained in the process as of the Reporter’s deadline, the Lake Bellevue Condominiums Homeowner’s Association. The group’s appeal also concerns traffic, but the meat of the complaint lies in the environmental impact to Lake Bellevue. The association alleges that the increase in impervious surface will harm the lake, and that the city has not given this, and the potential traffic impacts, enough credence in its reviews. Hearings between Wright Runstad and the Lake Bellevue Homeowners Association could continued throughout the week. Nat Levy: 425-453-4290; nlevy@bellevuereporter.com