The Unit
Description
850 bed hospital, 1200 trauma admissions/year (85% blunt, 15% penetrating)
Research Activities
A vital component of the fellowship involves understanding research design and developing research projects for implementation during the fellowship years. Twice monthly research meetings are focused towards exploring ideas to study from basic science, clinical and epidemiological approaches. An additional year of training (3 years) may be requested by the fellow to allow completion of a Masters of Public Health Degree at the University of Connecticut School of Public Health in conjunction with the Hartford Hospital Trauma/Critical Care Fellowship.
Fellowship Program
Clinical Responsibilities
The one-year Trauma Fellowship at Hartford Hospital provides a unique experience with opportunities to develop clinical, education, leadership, research and administrative skills. The Fellowship places emphasis on pre-hospital care, air/ground transport systems, and resuscitation, operative and nonoperative management of multiple system injury patients in the settings of critical care, acute care and rehabilitation You will participate, assist and have the opportunity to become an instructor in:
Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course
Advanced Trauma Operative Management (ATOM) course
Simulated Trauma Education course
Trauma Ultrasound course
In addition, you will have the opportunity to gain experience with the following programs: Bioterrorism Program
LIFE STAR Program
Hartford Hospital Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine
We are an 850-bed, tertiary care facility, ACS/COT verified, state designated Level I Trauma Center admitting an excess of 1,700 trauma patients yearly. Of this group, 1,500 are evaluated for multiple system injuries (90% blunt and 10% penetrating trauma). Our LIFE STAR helicopter transport system provides over 1,300 patient transports annually. Hartford Hospital has distinctive programs in cardiovascular surgery, surgical oncology, and transplantation (including heart and liver). Hartford Hospital is the major teaching hospital for the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and performs over 40,000 surgical procedures each year and over 2,500 SICU admissions.
A two-year Fellowship combining Trauma and Surgical Critical Care (Critical Care in an ACGME Accredited Program) is available to qualified applicants. Graduates of this two-year program are eligible for the certifying examination in Critical Care. A funded, full-time research opportunity is also available for those wishing to select this pathway
Research Opportunities
A vital component of the fellowship involves understanding research design and developing research projects for implementation during the fellowship years. Twice monthly research meetings are focused towards exploring ideas to study from basic science, clinical and epidemiological approaches. An additional year of training (3 years) may be requested by the fellow to allow completion of a Masters of Public Health Degree at the University of Connecticut School of Public Health in conjunction with the Hartford Hospital Trauma/Critical Care Fellowship.
Certifications
RRC Critical Care
Salary
$48,700
Applicant Requirements
All applicants must be board certified/eligible from an ACGME approved surgical residency.
Contact
Lenworth M. Jacobs, MD
Dept EMS/Trauma
80 Seymour Street, P.O. Box 5037
Hartford, Connecticut 06102-5037
United States
Phone: (203) 545-3112
Fax: (203) 545-5132
Email:
URL: www.harthosp.org
Sep 21, 2006
