ATLS for consultants...

[Ronald Gross]

It is a slippery slope, and with the present climate with our neuro and
ortho colleagues, encouragement might work better than mandating if you
want to keep them in the fold.....

>>> Ronald Simon <Traumamd at nyc.rr.com> 10/6/2006 2:42 PM >>>
"Encouraged " is the key word. What we are grappling with is should it

be a REQUIREMENT for trauma center designation. There is no question 
that it is a good idea BUT do we FORCE the issue my making it a 
statewide regulation? It would be great if all trauma centers only had

traumatologists caring for trauma patients but it just aint gonna
happen 
so we settle for competent General surgeons to help out. I know the 
RIGHT answer, but the question is how realistic is it amd do we
settle.
Thanks for all the replies so far.
ron

Ronald Simon, MD
Dir of Trauma/SICU
Jacobi Medical Center, Rm 1213
Bronx, NY 10461
718 918 5598 phone
718 918 5593 fax



Ronald Gross wrote:

>Ron,
>
>We require that ortho and neurosurgeons take ATLS at least once. 
>
>Please note that the ACS COT "Optimal Resourses" document states
that,
>"At a minimum, orthopaedic surgeons on the trauma team should be
>encouraged to successfully complete an ATLS Student Course."  The
same
>statement is repeated in the neurosurgical chapter: "At a minimum,
>neurosurgeons on the trauma team should be encouraged to successfully
>complete an ATLS Student Course." 
>
>Best wishes,
>Ron
>
>  
>
>>>>Ronald Simon <Traumamd at nyc.rr.com> 10/5/2006 9:16 PM >>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>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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Bronx, NY 10461
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718 918 5593 fax

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