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Inappropriate consults 🧐
We’re all busy and can get annoyed by inappropriate consults. Surgery consults that are specialty specific coming to acute care surgery or trauma.
But do we ever pause and put ourselves in our consulting physician’s shoes?
Inappropriate consults 🧐
We’re all busy and can get annoyed by inappropriate consults. Surgery consults that are specialty specific coming to acute care surgery or trauma.
But do we ever pause and put ourselves in our consulting physician’s shoes?
When someone calls you to ask for help, they’re stuck. They’re not sure what the next step is and they’re calling you for guidance.
For us, it maybe as simple as saying call the other specialty service who handles this problem better or suggesting the next set of tests to order.
For us, it maybe as simple as saying call the other specialty service who handles this problem better or suggesting the next set of tests to order.
What about when the person consulting you has an emergency, they’re worried about their patient, and no one else is available or willing to help?
You’re their last resort to help their patient. But it’s not your field. And you’re probably not going to intervene.
What then?
You’re their last resort to help their patient. But it’s not your field. And you’re probably not going to intervene.
What then?
