What’s wrong in this photo?
Actually, there are two things. I’ll talk about them tomorrow. Got a guess?
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Where Are All The Pediatric Trauma Centers?
I have constructed this map from available resources from the American College of Surgeons and numerous state agencies. ACS verified pediatric centers have a diamond in their icon; Level I is red and Level II is yellow. Non-ACS centers are pink (Level I) or blue (Level II). The Level I pediatric center at Regions Hospital is the green star.
I have made every attempt at accuracy, but things do change. If I have omitted any centers or misclassified them, please leave a comment or email me!
Trauma Team members typically wear a lead gown under their standard precautions so they don’t have to run out of the room when x-rays are taken. How often do you see people do this?
Is it really necessary? Tomorrow I’ll talk about how much radiation team members are really exposed to.
Here’s the link to tomorrow’s post!
Do Trauma Surgeons Really Get Sued More Often? Part One
The graph above shows the incidence of lawsuits for a variety of medical specialties. General surgeons are in the middle of the pack. Although all trauma surgeons are general surgeons, not all general surgeons are trauma surgeons. This means that it is possible that the true lawsuit risk of this small minority of general surgeons is masked.
Tomorrow I will look more specifically at the malpractice risk of trauma surgeons alone.
Related post: Do trauma surgeons really get sued more often? Part two.
Reference: Medical Board of California Annual Report, 2008-2009.
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