ATLS for consultants...

[Jago Miloguz]

well it would be ideal to have everybody who gets in touch with trauma
patient pass the ATLS but obviously it is quite irrational to wish, but l
think it should be officialy mandatory for all personal dealing with to
intiative managment of trauma patients to pass ATLS(EM docs and acute care
and trauma surgeons).if every hospital has those docs with passed ATLS then
patients would probably do just fine with consultants not passing ATLS.
just my opinion
ante


2006/10/6, Ronald Simon <Traumamd at nyc.rr.com>:
>
> The thoughts behind requiring consultants to take the course is for them
> to understand how we prioritize and why we may ask them to go away and
> come back later.
> ron simon
>
> rfsmithmd at comcast.net wrote:
>
> >I am a huge fan of ATLS but I am curious as to the rational for requiring
> consultants OR primary trauma providers to have taken ATLS. How will this
> positively impact the care of the injured patient? Hopefully the consultants
> will not be directing the resuscitation or initial evaluation of the
> patient. Conversely ATLS will not have a meaningful impact on the experience
> of trauma providers compared to a full residency in either surgery or
> emergency medicine.
> >
> >R. Smith MD
> >
> >-------------- Original message --------------
> >From: Ronald Simon <Traumamd at nyc.rr.com>
> >
> >
> >
> >>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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