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Hi Maroju,
Thanks for the reply...i agree that any patient shud get the kind of attention he deserves but disagree to the fact that we arent the right people to help him in case of unavailability of a subspecialist !! Doesnt this reflect our inablility as ER doctors to be not able to perform few basic surgical procedures.
let me mention the same example ...if a patient requires a craniotomy,are we there only to prepare him for surgery and just wait for the neurosurgeon to arrive? so that he walks in and take charge and feel that the WORLD SHOULD WAIT !!...i guess NO.
We shud be trained as a back up care for that very same paient who deserves the right to treatment in case the neuro isnt available or "LATE".
The point here is,we arent denying the importance of other specailities but then they shud realise that we can help ourselves in case of emergencies at any given time and situation and i believe that wud make us emergency physicians/surgeons in toto.
Wud like to knw ur opinion on this one as well...

Dr.Shahab.