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Tue Oct 3 23:49:09 BST 2006

In a message dated 10/3/2006 4:08:52 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
karim at trauma.org writes:

1.  Because over the last 30 years surgeons have abdicated from the care of
the  emergency surgical patient.  &

This has not been the experience of the vast majority of the hospitals  
around the world

k

2. Because it's cheaper to have one resuscitation area in a  hospital.

What are you talking about?   A resuscitation area is a  resuscitation area. 
and the person who needs resuscitating after major trauma  really needs a 
surgeon, at least in the eyes and experience of virtually every  evaluation which 
has occurred during the past 30 years.   

k

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