The specialty of trauma is at a crossroads. Choosing a career in trauma is associated with
concerns related to lifestyle issues and maintenance of adequate operative experience …

The primary objective of this book is to present skills that a surgeon may find helpful in day-
to-day workplace practice and in career progression. The inspiration for this book came from …

BACKGROUND Interest in acute care surgery (ACS) has increased over the past 10 years
as demonstrated by the linear increase in fellowship applicants to the different fellowships …

Results The logbook covers 15 skill domains from different specific components of
orthopaedic surgery and traumatology. Where these skills overlap with those also required …

The military offers eight Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-accredited
orthopaedic surgery programs with 33 total positions. The Army has 19 orthopedic surgery …

I would like to express my deep appreciation for the support and confidence of the European
Surgical Association for allowing me to serve as your president. Besides being a great …

The phrase ''trauma is a surgical disease''was once held as an indisputable truth which
allowed surgeons the right to declare that trauma was their province. Any process which …

There currently is a clear tendency to an increasing number of accidental injuries in elderly
people, in sport injuries and car crashes also in countries which recently joined the …

Dramatic improvements in the survival of military personnel from injuries in the Iraq and
Afghanistan wars have occurred compared with WW2 and Vietnam. 5 This is likely due to …

Five years ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support) in Switzerland are analysed, the problems
are discussed and the changes during this period are demonstrated. ATLS Switzerland is a …