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Sun Oct 15 18:15:35 BST 2006

It seems we agree: that trauma is the trauma surgeons and ED the emergency physician.  Nurses are valuable in all phases of the trauma and emergency continuum including prevention and prehospital. You, as usual, have summed it up nicely.
Bif

KMATTOX at aol.com wrote:

> 
>In a message dated 10/14/2006 10:14:29 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
>Biffink at cs.com writes:
>
>The  Society of Trauma Nurses is what it says: Trauma nurses.  ENA is what it 
> says: Emergency nurses.  We both have trauma courses. In the course  titles 
>STN uses Advanced, ENA uses Core It is a matter of preference which  course an 
>institution selects.
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>
>
>Quite honestly,   the trauma nurses role in trauma  care  focuses on the 
>entire continuum of trauma care beginning in the pre hospital  outreach and on 
>through the evaluation areas of the emergency  department.   We MUST consider 
>that the operating resuscitation area  located in the emergency center to be more 
>under the domain of the surgeons and  the STN and trauma nurses, and the ENA 
>can use their talents in the areas of the  ER where the majority of the 
>routine cases reside.    If the EC  nurse really wants to be part of the major code 
>trauma cases they are welcome  and are a valuable resource, but should abide 
>by the guidelines of the ACS   and STN.   I have looked at all of the 
>resuscitation courses and the  one supported by STN is currently more in keeping with 
>the ACS ATLS and trauma  programs than is the course put forward by the ENA.    
> 
>k
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Ah, agreement.