Matt and Craig, Unfair !
You have misrepresented the work that the BAEM council undertakes. The
'soundbite' that you have chosen was one regional representative's comment
under item G of the minutes which itself was a discussion about the Society
for Acute Medicine.
The paragraph you lifted from the minutes is;
"Concern was expressed that with further development of A&E in acute
internal medicine that A&E was losing its focus on the main work of
management of minor injuries and its responsibility of training juniors for
work in General Practice and other specialties."
This was a reference to the volume of work carried out in A&E departments
and NOT an implication that "the main focus of Emergency Physicians should
be on the management of minor injuries ??" as you suggest.
Lets keep things in perspective please. The BAEM has clearly stated that
the core work of our specialty is "The resuscitation assessment and
treatment of acute illness and injury in patients of all ages by
appropriately trained and experienced staff according to current national
and local standards......."
It is disingenuous to even imply that the BAEM would suggest moving away
from the critical care aspects of Emergency medicine.
John Ryan
----- Original Message -----
From: Craig Ellis <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 10:16
Subject: Re: Cut legs n plans for 24hr emergency physicians
>>> [log in to unmask] 05/30/01 01:40
>Extract from minutes of BAEM council, 11 Jan 2001:
>'Concern was expressed ... that A&E was losing its focus on the main work
of
>management of minor injuries'
Matt,
Am I reading this right ? The BAEM believes that the main focus of
Emergency Physicians should be on the management of minor injuries ??
This obviously reflects a major philosophical difference between some of us.
While minor injuries comprise a significant part of our workload - and we
need to be competent and slick at managing these patients - does anyone
really think that this is why we spend 5 years training to be a specialist ?
Most of the current trainees I have ever spoken to are doing EM because of a
belief that its totally inappropriate for a really sick patient to be
managed by a person who is in their second or third year out of med school
and that these patients deserve senior initial management.
This speciality will not continue to attract quality applicants if some of
our seniors believe we are being trained simply to be experts in the
management of minor injuries - we are that as well, and it is an important
aspect of our work - but I would be stunned if the BAEM was suggesting we
should move away from the critical care aspects of our job and refocus
principally on minor injuries.
Craig
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