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MARK FORREST trauma-list@trauma.org
Wed, 8 Jan 2003 18:54:02 -0000


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Dear all,=20
As a mere consultant in 'anaesthetics and critical care medicine' I am =
something of a 'jack of all trades' and possible a 'master of some'.=20
In the UK the training of doctors puts few others in a position to =
manage trauma continuously from 'roadside to critical care'.=20
In doing so I do not aim to be an 'expert' in all areas as this is =
clearly impossible, but as Nick M recently pointed out, intensivists do =
know when to call for help and where to get it from, whilst =
co-ordinating a global management of the patient by all specialities.
I respect any doctor that attempts to broaden their horizons beyond the =
historical realms of their speciality, to the benefit of the patient. =
However, I hope that the surgeons do not  claim to have the monopoly on =
this broad range of abilities.

Come on guys, look at this list, we are all highly motivated =
professionals attempting to improve our knowledge and skills, whilst =
respecting the skills of others. Team work is the answer to optimal =
care, not building isolated ivory towers or 'silos'!
Finally for Lorna, whatever your issues, as Pret has so clearly =
expressed, this does not appear to be the forum or list for you. Good =
luck in with your cause.

Can we talk trauma again now?!

Regards
Mark F
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Bjorn, Pret=20
  To: 'trauma-list@trauma.org'=20
  Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 2:48 PM
  Subject: RE: trauma and critical care


  Lorna,=20

  Speaking purely for myself, as a concerned trauma-list subscriber, I =
confess that I don't clearly understand you, or what you're trying to =
accomplish here.  Admittedly, I'm not fluent in Canadian; but I don't =
really think that the problem lies there.  Other, smarter people than me =
seem equally frustrated by your enigmatic prose, and the list is not =
known for its patience with impertinent, outspoken (presumed) =
laypersons.

  All of which is merely to say that even if there is some language =
barrier in play, it's overshadowed by your inability to make a point, =
and further crippled by your lack of any concrete identity or =
credentials.

  Please tell us--without embellishment or metaphor--who you are; or =
more precisely, what you do.  Vocationally-speaking.  I'm after clarity =
here.  Then, in the same fashion, tell us what you're trying to =
accomplish on the trauma-list.

  If the answer to both questions remains in sum that you're Canada's =
Twin #1, who was at some point either a desperately-injured woman or her =
desperately-injured unborn child, be aware that such entitles you only =
to a sincere but finite extension of sympathy--which may have already =
been tendered. =20

  If you have nothing clinically informative or provocative to offer the =
list, and yet continue to submit as you have, then your participation is =
bound to be unsatisfying (and eventually unpleasant) for you.  There are =
doubtless other internet forums which would embrace your interests and =
your manner, but I think you should consider whether the trauma-list is =
a good fit.

  Regards,

  Pret

   -----Original Message-----
  From: Lorna Clark [mailto:squeak61@shaw.ca]
  Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 8:18 PM
  To: trauma-list@trauma.org
  Subject: trauma and critical care


    Pret - Thankyou for your gracious comments and no none of it is =
disrespect. Your most certainly right in that you never read messages =
like mine before. I am aware of adult male surgeons, they sometimes have =
loaded devices. As for change, one can only change themselves in the =
pursuit of touching the lives of many in the process. As to what flies =
are attracted to, that's easy, just get rid of the s. The secret is how =
as you don't want as mess.

    Pret-  Trauma I am closer to the realty then what many will ever =
even come close to or ever understand.=20

    Pret how do you manage a trauma patient with a massive =
hematoma(1500cc) across the span of the entire liver, left lobe 4 =
massive tears,another (500cc) at the dome of the liver while the baby is =
inside the mother and she's bleeding to death. Critical care, the nurse =
said oh that's a screamer while platelets dropped to 34 and oxygen as =
well as blood was being cut off from the baby.The doctor, well he's in =
the emergency because he's the surgeon. Once 4lb baby arrived in the =
world compressions were done and they thought the broke every bone in =
her body.
    What would be the course of critical care would it be derived from =
opinions, see the parallel why Rick is right.

    Pret I came to this site for a reason and I found something special =
and I'm sorry I can't let go of it.
    The challenge, if you could take your courses and take out what is =
not really working and add in something better. Then teach again by =
refocusing to save lives could you be a part of it by supporting it =
directly or indirectly.

    Pret I leave you with a book to read. Go into Canadian Health Care =
and retrieve Ray Romanov's book. Would you rather see doctors and nurses =
paid 500million or billion dollars for your skills and services or for =
it to be paid for the ole magic pill or devices into the hands of those =
who are oblivious to healthcare in their pursuit of greed.

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dear all, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>As a mere consultant in 'anaesthetics =
and critical=20
care medicine' I am something of a 'jack of all trades' and possible a =
'master=20
of some'. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In the UK the training of doctors puts =
few others=20
in a position&nbsp;to manage trauma continuously from 'roadside to =
critical=20
care'. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In doing so I do not aim to be an =
'expert' in all=20
areas as this is clearly impossible, but as Nick M recently&nbsp;pointed =
out,=20
intensivists do know when to call for help and where to get it from, =
whilst=20
co-ordinating a global management of the patient by all=20
specialities.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I respect any doctor that attempts to =
broaden their=20
horizons beyond the historical realms of their speciality,&nbsp;to the =
benefit=20
of the patient. However, I&nbsp;hope that&nbsp;the surgeons&nbsp;do not=20
&nbsp;claim to have the monopoly on this&nbsp;broad range of=20
abilities.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Come on guys, look at this list, we are =
all highly=20
motivated professionals attempting to improve our knowledge and skills, =
whilst=20
respecting the skills of others. Team work is the answer to optimal =
care, not=20
building isolated ivory towers or 'silos'!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Finally for Lorna, whatever your =
issues, as Pret=20
has so clearly expressed, this does not appear to be the forum or list =
for you.=20
Good luck in with your cause.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Can we talk trauma again =
now?!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mark F</FONT></DIV>
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
  <DIV=20
  style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
  <A title=3Dpbjorn@emh.org href=3D"mailto:pbjorn@emh.org">Bjorn, =
Pret</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=3Dtrauma-list@trauma.org=20
  href=3D"mailto:'trauma-list@trauma.org'">'trauma-list@trauma.org'</A> =
</DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 08, =
2003 2:48=20
  PM</DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: trauma and =
critical=20
  care</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2></FONT><BR></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#800000 size=3D2><SPAN=20
  class=3D090401712-08012003>Lorna, </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#800000 size=3D2><SPAN=20
  class=3D090401712-08012003></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#800000 size=3D2><SPAN=20
  class=3D090401712-08012003>Speaking purely for myself, as a concerned=20
  trauma-list subscriber, </SPAN></FONT><FONT size=3D2><FONT =
color=3D#800000><FONT=20
  face=3DArial><SPAN class=3D090401712-08012003>I confess that I don't =
clearly=20
  understand you, or what you're trying to accomplish here.&nbsp; =
Admittedly,=20
  I'm not fluent in Canadian; but I don't really think that the problem =
lies=20
  there.&nbsp; Other, smarter people than me seem equally frustrated by =
your=20
  enigmatic prose, and&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN class=3D090401712-08012003>the =
list is=20
  not known for its patience with impertinent, outspoken (presumed)=20
  laypersons.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#800000><FONT face=3DArial><SPAN=20
  class=3D090401712-08012003></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#800000><FONT face=3DArial><SPAN=20
  class=3D090401712-08012003>All of which is merely to say that even if =
there is=20
  some language barrier in play, it's overshadowed by your inability to =
make a=20
  point, and further crippled by your lack of any concrete identity or=20
  credentials.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#800000><FONT face=3DArial><SPAN=20
  class=3D090401712-08012003></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#800000><FONT face=3DArial><SPAN=20
  class=3D090401712-08012003>Please tell us--without embellishment or=20
  metaphor--who you are; or more precisely, what you do.&nbsp;=20
  Vocationally-speaking.&nbsp; I'm after clarity here.&nbsp;=20
  </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#800000><FONT =

  face=3DArial><SPAN class=3D090401712-08012003>Then, in the same =
fashion, tell us=20
  what you're trying to accomplish on the=20
  trauma-list.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#800000><FONT face=3DArial><SPAN=20
  class=3D090401712-08012003></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#800000><FONT face=3DArial><SPAN=20
  class=3D090401712-08012003>If the answer to both questions =
remains&nbsp;in sum=20
  that you're Canada's Twin #1, who was at some point either a=20
  desperately-injured woman or her desperately-injured unborn child, be =
aware=20
  that such entitles you only to a sincere but&nbsp;finite extension of=20
  sympathy--which may have already been tendered.&nbsp;=20
  </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#800000><FONT face=3DArial><SPAN=20
  class=3D090401712-08012003></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#800000><FONT face=3DArial><SPAN=20
  class=3D090401712-08012003>If you have nothing clinically informative =
or=20
  provocative to offer the list, and yet continue to submit as you have, =
then=20
  your participation is bound to be unsatisfying (and eventually =
unpleasant) for=20
  you.&nbsp; </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT size=3D2><FONT =
color=3D#800000><FONT=20
  face=3DArial><SPAN class=3D090401712-08012003>There are doubtless =
other internet=20
  forums which would embrace your interests and your manner, but I think =
you=20
  should&nbsp;consider whether the <EM>trauma-list </EM>is a good=20
  fit.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#800000><FONT face=3DArial><SPAN=20
  class=3D090401712-08012003></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#800000><FONT face=3DArial><SPAN=20
  class=3D090401712-08012003>Regards,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#800000><FONT face=3DArial><SPAN=20
  class=3D090401712-08012003></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#800000><FONT face=3DArial><SPAN=20
  class=3D090401712-08012003>Pret</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><SPAN class=3D090401712-08012003></SPAN><FONT face=3DTahoma><FONT =

  size=3D2><SPAN class=3D090401712-08012003><FONT face=3DArial=20
  color=3D#800000></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
  class=3D090401712-08012003>&nbsp;</SPAN>-----Original=20
  Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Lorna Clark=20
  [mailto:squeak61@shaw.ca]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 07, 2003 =
8:18=20
  PM<BR><B>To:</B> trauma-list@trauma.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> trauma and =
critical=20
  care<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
  <BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"></FONT>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Pret - Thankyou for your gracious =
comments and=20
    no none of it is disrespect. Your most certainly&nbsp;right in that =
you=20
    never read messages like mine before. I am aware of adult male =
surgeons,=20
    they sometimes have loaded devices. As for change, one can only =
change=20
    themselves in the pursuit of touching the lives of many in the =
process. As=20
    to what flies are attracted to, that's easy, just get rid of the s. =
The=20
    secret is how as you don't want as mess.</FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Pret-&nbsp;&nbsp;Trauma I am closer =
to the=20
    realty then what&nbsp;many will ever even come close&nbsp;to or ever =

    understand.&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Pret how do you manage a trauma =
patient with a=20
    massive hematoma(1500cc) across the span of the entire liver, left =
lobe 4=20
    massive tears,another (500cc) at the dome of the liver while the =
baby is=20
    inside the mother and she's bleeding to death. Critical care, the =
nurse said=20
    oh that's a screamer while platelets dropped to 34 and oxygen as =
well as=20
    blood was being cut off from the baby.The doctor, well he's in the =
emergency=20
    because he's the surgeon.&nbsp;Once 4lb baby arrived in the world=20
    compressions were done and they thought the broke every bone in her=20
    body.</FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>What would be the course of =
critical care would=20
    it be derived from opinions, </FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>see =
the parallel=20
    why Rick is right.</FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Pret I came to this site for a =
reason and I=20
    found something special and I'm sorry I can't let go of =
it.</FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The challenge, if you&nbsp;could =
take your=20
    courses and take out what is not really working and add in something =
better.=20
    Then teach again by refocusing to save lives could you be a part of =
it by=20
    supporting it directly or indirectly.</FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Pret I leave you with a book to =
read. Go into=20
    Canadian Health Care and retrieve Ray Romanov's book.&nbsp;Would you =
rather=20
    see doctors&nbsp;and nurses paid 500million or billion dollars for =
your=20
    skills and services or for it to be paid for the ole magic pill or =
devices=20
    into the hands of those who are oblivious to healthcare in their =
pursuit of=20
    greed.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>

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