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Sat Apr 26 00:59:55 BST 2008

I do not see what the big deal is.

Who cares if PA's are "certified" in ATLS? What does that mean? They slogged 
through a 2 day course and passed a test.

RN's and NP's may audit ATLS. RN's and NP's may be "certified in TNCC, CATN, 
ATCN, TNATC, BTLS, PHTLS.

I have been a medic for 25 years, an ED RN for 17 and an ED ACNP for 1.  I 
am judged on my experience and skills that I exhibit each day more so than 
then the list of letters on my resume.

Just my opinion on the matter and nothing else.

Andrew Bowman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jane Harper" <janeharper at mac.com>
To: "Trauma &amp; Critical Care mailing list" <trauma-list at trauma.org>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: ATLS!

> 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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