Subacute Care Surgery (was trauma activation and stratification)

[KMATTOX at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/3/2006 4:08:52 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
karim at trauma.org writes:

1.  Because over the last 30 years surgeons have abdicated from the care of
the  emergency surgical patient.  &
 
This has not been the experience of the vast majority of the hospitals  
around the world
 
k



2. Because it's cheaper to have one resuscitation area in a  hospital.


What are you talking about?   A resuscitation area is a  resuscitation area. 
and the person who needs resuscitating after major trauma  really needs a 
surgeon, at least in the eyes and experience of virtually every  evaluation which 
has occurred during the past 30 years.   
 
k