ATLS for consultants...

[Hardcastle, Tim, Dr <tch at sun.ac.za>]

Ron

Do you mean remain current, or have done the course?

I would at least insist on the latter.

Tim
Dr T C Hardcastle
M.B.,Ch.B.(Stell); M.Med(Chir); FCS(SA)
Senior Surgeon / Senior Lecturer: Surgery (Trauma and ICU)
ATLS  instructor and DSTC Cape Town Course Director
Intern program Coordinator: Surgery
M.Med (Emergency Medicine) Executive Committee member
Clinical Head (Director): Diana Princess of Wales Trauma Unit
Division of Surgery (General) Room 4064
Department of Surgical Sciences
Tygerberg Hospital / University of Stellenbosch
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Tygerberg 7505
Western Cape
South Africa
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[mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org]On Behalf Of Ronald Simon
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 3:16 AM
To: trauma-list at trauma.org
Subject: ATLS for consultants...


We are currently having a debate in our State Trauma Advisory Committee 
about whether trauma related consultants (neurosurg, ortho, ent, etc) 
should be required to have taken ATLS to care for a trauma pt. The 
question is whether this should be part of the requirements for trauma 
center designation. No question that members of the trauma service and 
the ED should but what about the subspecialists? Sure its a good concept 
but actually getting them to take it is another thing. What is the 
practice of other trauma systems?
Thanks
Ron Simon, MD
Jacobi Medical Center
Bronx, NY

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