role of trauma surgeon

[Ahmed, Naveed]

Role of trauma surgeon in a third world country can be extrapolated from
our own urban trauma centers. Example: Guys working in South of Bronx,
East of LA or the poorest big city in the entire USA (Cleveland).
 
   ROLE OF AN URBAN TRAUMA SURGEON     "You get there in less than
fifteen, fix/damage control every thing that can kill your patient and
wait for the Ortho guy to drive in early next afternoon, in his Porsche,
for his block time". Most trauma surgeons in these poor areas (Third
world in the first world) have no back up,CT, vascular, GU or finantial.
All injuries in initial 8 hours are fixed by the trauma
surgeon(Exception neuro).

  ROLE OF THIRD WORLD TRAUMA SURGEON     Difference in the first world
and the third is poor people. Most urban Trauma surgeons work in areas
where there are nothing but poor and therefore, are third world trauma
surgeons. Now if they are in a developing country and maintain a
franchised ACS certification and acceptable outcome, with added training
in basic ortho and trauma neuro can provide excellent trauma care to
there poor people. 

They might have better out comes, and cost less (by getting rid of the
Porsche and the block time) in the First World to!.

N Ahmed MD 
Cleveland



-----Original Message-----
From: tuckeranne [mailto:tuckeranne at bellsouth.net] 
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 7:44 PM
To: Trauma & Critical Care mailing list
Subject: Re: role of trauma surgeon

Providing care has got to be survival first, pretty picture later. The
funds should be appropriated for survival with the least amount of loss
from the patient. There are plenty of Nip/Tucks out there to correct the
image. If you do not look at,for example,thoracoabdominal with
penetrating trauma with upward trajectory and diaphragmatic tears with
pleural involvement without the worry of a damn scar who will perform
restoration? No one. That is why there is massage therapy! A Tucker
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sanjay Gupta MD" <sanjaygupta99_91 at yahoo.com>
To: "Trauma &amp, Critical Care mailing list" <trauma-list at trauma.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 6:18 AM
Subject: Re: role of trauma surgeon


> The role of trauma surgeon in a developing country should be training 
> of all involved personnel in ATLS and to see that those principles are

> applied.
>
> Also, appropriate utilization of resources and avoid futile therapy 
> and thus lead to cost savings without compromising patient care.
>
> Coordinate care of a trauma patient who frequently needs multiple 
> specialty care and have a vision of the complete care of the patient.
>
> Be competent with all damage control procedures and with advanced 
> surgical procedures in neck, thorax and abdomen/pelvis and know when 
> to call for help in the OR.
>
> In other words, exactly what a trauma surgeon does in an advanced 
> country.
>
> Sanjay Gupta
>
>
> --- sandeep jain <sjain7172 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> can I get ideas about the role of trained trauma surgeon in a 
>> developing country with economic restraints. all hospitals have full 
>> fledged general surgeons,orthopedic surgeons,plastic,vascular and 
>> neurosurgeons along with emergency physicians already looking after 
>> trauma.
>>
>> sandeep
>>
>>
>>
>>
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