Wonderful commitment, but have you been able to show better outcomes? We do
it too, and have shortened the time to CT theatre, ICU and ward, but so far
the LOS inhospital has not budged. We need a BIG trial, as it is costing
money to provide all the on call/recall...............I wont start on the
economics of who we save..........
-----Original Message-----
From: Dr R N Illingworth <[log in to unmask]>
To: A&E Mailing List <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, 17 September 1998 9:08
Subject: Re: Trauma Units
>On 16 Sep, A S Lockey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> At St James' Hospital in Leeds we have 24 hour resident Trauma
Orthopaedic
>> consultants and 24 hour A&E Consultant who comes in from home (~5-10 mins
>> away) for ALL trauma that goes into Resus.
>
>> Yorkshire 1, Lancashire 0......!!!!!! We'd be glad to manage your trauma
>> cases, Simon!
>
>> Andy Lockey
>> SpR A&E Leeds
>I'm afraid this is not quite accurate for our trauma team at St
>James's.
>
>The registrars on call for Orthopaedics and General Surgery are
>resident 24 hours. An A&E registrar or staff grade is on duty in A&E
>15 or 16 hours per day and on call at other times (sometimes
>resident).
>
>The consultants in A&E and Orthopaedics are on call from home but
>come in for Trauma Team calls (i.e. every trauma patient in Resus) if
>not in the hospital already.
>
>It's sometimes hard work but we are proud of our results for major trauma.
>
>Robin Illingworth
>(A&E Consultant, St James's University Hospital, Leeds)
>
>--
>Dr Robin Illingworth, Leeds ( [log in to unmask] )
>
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