ATLS!

[Jane Harper]

But if they *only* certify PAs and not NPs -- there are gonna be some sore
NPs out here.  There are a LOT of us working in trauma now.

Jane


On 4/25/08 16:53, "Charlene M Morris" <cvmmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> OH-- I sincerely hope not!! I would prefer this to be a step in the right
> direction, Jane-- for all of us advanced practice clinicians!!
> 
> Charlene
> 
> On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Jane Harper <janeharper at mac.com> wrote:
> 
>> Oh goody, one more thing to drive a wedge between midlevel providers.
>> 
>> Jane Harper, RN, ACNP-BC
>> 
>> 
>> On 4/25/08 16:42, "Charlene M Morris" <cvmmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> www.aapa.org Hot off the presses-- or perhaps I should say-- this is the
>> 1st
>>> I have heard of PAs being certified in ATLS!?
>>> 
>>> Charlene Morris. PA
>>> Advanced Trauma Life Support Cards for PAs
>>> 
>>> Starting in October 2008, PAs will receive cards for completing the
>> Advanced
>>> Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course offered by the American College of
>>> Surgeons (ACS). Between now and this fall, ACS will work to restructure
>> the
>>> rules, design the cards, and inform ATLS course managers of the new
>> policy.
>>> Until then, PAs will continue to receive letters indicating that they
>> have
>>> attended the course. AAPA liaisons to the ACS have worked for many years
>> to
>>> achieve this goal. Dan Vetrosky, PA-C, M.Ed., current Academy liaison to
>>> ACS, congratulated all those whose past efforts contributed to this
>>> achievement.
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