Controversial point for my #Emergencymedicine colleagues:
The new trauma guidelines requiring an emergency physician in all level IV trauma centers just mean we’ll have fewer rural trauma centers. It’s asinine, dangerous, and does a disservice to patients.
PAs and NPs can suck. They can also be good. ER docs aren’t that common, and rural sites can’t afford them. The ones who work in rural level IVs are the soon-to-retired, incompetent docs, or a few good ones who hate city medicine.
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