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Why is AHA and ACLS involved in trauma care? They are not the standard setters for this disease

Norman

Norman McSwain MD
Trauma Director, Charity Hospital
Professor of Surgery, Tulane University
New Orleans LA
504 988 5111
norman.mcswain at tulane.edu <mailto:norman.mcswain at tulane.edu> 

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Subject: RE: C-SPINE CLEARANCE - surprise

On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:25 -0500, "McSwain, Norman E Jr."
<nmcswai at tulane.edu> wrote:
> Not using c-collars on GSW of the neck has been the standard of care
> discussed for the last 3 years in the PHTLS training. Perhaps many EMT
> trainers or EMS medical directors have not been listening
> 

That is a huge problem in not just EMS. Teaching ACLS, there are all
sorts of myths taught as gospel, although they are not a part of the AHA
or ILCOR materials for the instructor. Or things are misrepresented,
where AHA states one thing, but the instructors interpret it in a very
narrow, very inaccurate way - and insist that this is the only
acceptable way. Then QA/QI/CYA departments start enforcing these fairy
tales.

Tim Noonan.

> Norman
> 
> Norman McSwain MD
> Trauma Director, Charity Hospital
> Professor of Surgery, Tulane University
> New Orleans LA
> 504 988 5111
> norman.mcswain at tulane.edu <mailto:norman.mcswain at tulane.edu>
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