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Trauma Training

by Tara Peris

Doctors who are interested in working with trauma patients have several ways to pursue specialty training. In addition to residency programs in emergency medicine or trauma surgery, there are a number of subspecialty options available. This training prepares physicians to treat the full range of trauma pathology they are likely to encounter in emergency settings.

Help in an Emergency

Trauma medicine deals with the provision of acute care following emergency situations. Victims of car accidents, fires, and natural disasters are all par for the course when working in a trauma unit. These people require an array of treatment procedures, from the basic insertion of trachea tubes and feeding lines to complex surgeries and interventions.

All doctors who specialize in emergency medicine are likely to gain exposure to trauma victims. However, depending on their degree of interest in the field, this general exposure may not suffice. After all, most emergency room doctors do an initial assessment, before triaging victims to their respective units (e.g., surgery, internal medicine, radiology). Those who wish to be more fully immersed in trauma medicine typically specialize in trauma surgery, a residency rotation that requires five years of general surgery training and an additional year of specialization in trauma.

As this is a significant commitment of time and money, many ER doctors pursue select course work in trauma medicine. This allows them to develop a subspecialty without the rigors of a surgery residency track. With a wide variety of trauma courses from which to choose, it is easy to gain quality instruction in more specific aspects of emergency care.

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