trauma in EM

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In the community hospital I rotate thru - the surgeons rarely get involved in the severe traumas - They have very little interest unless they will be admitting the pt. The ED attending does all the fun stuff ( intubation, chest tubes, lines etc) and then transfers them out by helicopter

 

[Dr. Wexler]

Level I trauma centers with no surgery residencies...

At least here in Pennsylvania, all Level I trauma centers must have a surgical residency.

PA is kind of an exception in that Trauma Centers here are accredited by the Pennsylvania Trauma Sytems Foundation. However, I know that at least some other states have the same requirment.

 

[RockfordWF]

At least here in Pennsylvania, all Level I trauma centers must have a surgical residency.

PA is kind of an exception in that Trauma Centers here are accredited by the Pennsylvania Trauma Sytems Foundation. However, I know that at least some other states have the same requirment.

Texas does. Thus at any residency that is found at a level I center, you will share the work with surgery.

 

[totalbodypain]

At least here in Pennsylvania, all Level I trauma centers must have a surgical residency.

PA is kind of an exception in that Trauma Centers here are accredited by the Pennsylvania Trauma Sytems Foundation. However, I know that at least some other states have the same requirment.

Do they have to have their own residency in house or just have surgery residents rotating through the hospital?

 

[Dr. Wexler]

Do they have to have their own residency in house or just have surgery residents rotating through the hospital?

A hospital must have its own residency program to be a Level I in Pennsylvania.