SV: ATLS for consultants...

["Hansen, Kari Schrøder"]

I sure would like every consultant to have the ATLS course, but I don't believe it's possible to convince them to attend a 2.5 day course with an exam...

I have another solution: make them attend your local training in the ER room. I suppose you have such training regularly........?
If not, I can suggest the concepts of the BEST-course (Better & Systematic Trauma Care): http://www.bestnet.no/english/. 
BEST is a one-day course held locally in your resuscitation room. It is based on CRM-principles to make your trauma team work as a team. 
It is easier to ask the consultants to participate in this course compared to ATLS. The course will give them:
-	A basic understanding of the ABCDE 
-	A basic understanding on how the trauma team work in the ER
-	Knowledge and practice on how to work in a team 
-	Understanding of why the senior doctor is not the leader
-	+++

It is easy, fun and cheap! 

Kari Schrøder Hansen
Deptartment of Surgery
Bergen, Norway


(If you want more information on how to introduce the course at your hospital, I will be glad to help.)
 

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Fra: trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org [mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org] På vegne av Ronald Gross
Sendt: 6. oktober 2006 18:20
Til: trauma-list at trauma.org
Emne: Re: ATLS for consultants...

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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