Level II sans residents

[Judy Mikhail]

Hurley Medical Center, Flint Michigan.  ACS Verified trauma center since
1996.  Currently Level I Trauma Center with 1700 admissions.  16 (PA's
and NP's) with 7 Trauma Surgeons.   No Surgical Residency.  It can be
done.

Judy Mikhail RN, MSN, MBA 
Administrator Trauma Services  
Hurley Medical Center
One Hurley Plaza
Flint, Michigan  48503
phone: 810-762-6128
pager:  810-972-1054
fax:      810-762-6341
jmikhai1 at hurleymc.com


>>> pbjorn at emh.org 6/15/2007 11:03:14 AM >>>
At Point-Counterpoint (Atlantic City), Dr. Paul Dabrowski (Reading,
PA)
presented the topic of Level II Verification without residents.  His
program met ACS requirements with a mixture of employed and stipended
community surgeons, plus a small army of extenders.

I'm thinking this accomplishment cannot be unusual, mostly because WE
did it (employed surgeons and a couple of PA's).  But there must be
any
number of models out there, and folks in Bangor would like to know
more
about what the rest of the world does.

Are you at an ACS Level II center without a residency?  If so, what's
your staffing construct?  Are you paying for coverage?

All experiences and insights appreciated.

Pret Bjorn
Eastern Maine Medical Center
Bangor, ME USA

-----Original Message-----
From: trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org 
[mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org] On Behalf Of Bjorn, Pret
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 3:44 PM
To: Trauma & Critical Care mailing list
Subject: RE: EMS management/crush injury

Bizarre error: I meant February of 2006, of course.  Wish I could
blame
the drugs, but I'm just a feeb.

Pret

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org] On Behalf Of Bjorn, Pret
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 4:25 PM
To: Trauma & Critical Care mailing list
Subject: RE: EMS management/crush injury

"...As for HIPAA, see the previous response.  If a doctor in Corpus
Christi
tells me that a lawyer shot in the neck during a quail hunting
accident
in Kenedy County in February of 1996 had a blood alcohol of 0.85, that
value is protected information, and its divulgence is a violation of
federal law --    especially if you're the poor drunk bag of
birdshot..."


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