trauma activation and stratification

[KMATTOX at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/3/2006 10:53:18 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
japrak at gmail.com writes:

becouse  it is after all their department. l'm not saying that incapable
staff  should treat the patient, but just that EM docs should be engaged  in
treatment, and even play very significant role in hole process, at  least
while the patient is on their department. not all trauma patients  are
just trauma 


Im  sorry, but the ED is a site in the hospital, not "owned" by one  
particular specialty of medicine.   Those credentialed by the hospital  to do a task 
should use the hospital facilities.  The resuscitation area of  the hospital 
for the trauma system is the shock room in the Emergency Department  and should 
be considered to be like an extension of the Operating  Room.   As such, one 
could and should make the assumption that if  anyone "OWNS" this area it is the 
surgeons.  
 
k