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It’s Monday, I’m finishing up 90+ hours in the hospital over the past week so proceed reading with caution, lol.
I get a lot of questions about who a trauma surgeon is and what a trauma surgeon does.
Here are some answers.
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I get a lot of questions about who a trauma surgeon is and what a trauma surgeon does.
Here are some answers.
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1. No, I am not an ER doctor. ER doctors are awesome medical doctors.
2. Trauma surgeons are awesome SURGEONS, with a minimum of 5 years of Surgical training, because…
3. Trauma is a Surgical specialty, just like plastic surgery, vascular surgery, colorectal surgery, etc.
2. Trauma surgeons are awesome SURGEONS, with a minimum of 5 years of Surgical training, because…
3. Trauma is a Surgical specialty, just like plastic surgery, vascular surgery, colorectal surgery, etc.
4. I operate on everything but bone and brain.
Stab wound to the heart? Yes, I do that.
Gunshot wound to the colon? Do that, too.
Kidney or spleen shattered? Yep, also me.
Transected carotid artery and trachea? Still me.
Stab wound to the heart? Yes, I do that.
Gunshot wound to the colon? Do that, too.
Kidney or spleen shattered? Yep, also me.
Transected carotid artery and trachea? Still me.
