Emergency general surgeons: the special forces of general surgery (the “navy seals paradigm”)

Abstract Emergency surgeons have a crucial role in bridging the gap of skills resulting from the well-known general surgery fragmentation. The multi-specialist general surgery approach is still necessary to define proper diagnosis and therapy priorities in an emergency. Governments have to find effe...

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Main Authors: Fausto Catena, Walter Biffl, Belinda De Simone, Massimo Sartelli, Salomone Di Saverio, Yoram Kluger, Ernest E. Moore, Luca Ansaloni, Federico Coccolini
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Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:World Journal of Emergency Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-020-0293-7
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author Fausto Catena
Walter Biffl
Belinda De Simone
Massimo Sartelli
Salomone Di Saverio
Yoram Kluger
Ernest E. Moore
Luca Ansaloni
Federico Coccolini
author_facet Fausto Catena
Walter Biffl
Belinda De Simone
Massimo Sartelli
Salomone Di Saverio
Yoram Kluger
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Luca Ansaloni
Federico Coccolini
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description Abstract Emergency surgeons have a crucial role in bridging the gap of skills resulting from the well-known general surgery fragmentation. The multi-specialist general surgery approach is still necessary to define proper diagnosis and therapy priorities in an emergency. Governments have to find effective organizational solutions to maintain emergency general surgery standards of care and to improve them further.
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spelling doaj.art-0a842a3cd4b24bcb9081cec2b7f6488a2022-12-21T23:15:07ZengBMCWorld Journal of Emergency Surgery1749-79222020-02-011511310.1186/s13017-020-0293-7Emergency general surgeons: the special forces of general surgery (the “navy seals paradigm”)Fausto Catena0Walter Biffl1Belinda De Simone2Massimo Sartelli3Salomone Di Saverio4Yoram Kluger5Ernest E. Moore6Luca Ansaloni7Federico Coccolini8Department of Emergency and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital of ParmaTrauma and Acute Care Surgery, Scripps Memorial HospitalDepartment of General, Emergency, Metabolic Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Poissy/Saint-Germain-en-LayeDepartment of General Surgery, Macerata HospitalCambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDivision of General Surgery, Rambam Health Care CampusErnest E Moore Shock Trauma Center at Denver Health and University of ColoradoDepartment of Emergency and Trauma Surgery, Bufalini HospitalGeneral, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Dept, Pisa University HospitalAbstract Emergency surgeons have a crucial role in bridging the gap of skills resulting from the well-known general surgery fragmentation. The multi-specialist general surgery approach is still necessary to define proper diagnosis and therapy priorities in an emergency. Governments have to find effective organizational solutions to maintain emergency general surgery standards of care and to improve them further.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-020-0293-7Emergency surgeryGeneral surgeryHealth systemOrganizational solutionSurgical trainingAcademic education
spellingShingle Fausto Catena
Walter Biffl
Belinda De Simone
Massimo Sartelli
Salomone Di Saverio
Yoram Kluger
Ernest E. Moore
Luca Ansaloni
Federico Coccolini
Emergency general surgeons: the special forces of general surgery (the “navy seals paradigm”)
World Journal of Emergency Surgery
Emergency surgery
General surgery
Health system
Organizational solution
Surgical training
Academic education
title Emergency general surgeons: the special forces of general surgery (the “navy seals paradigm”)
title_full Emergency general surgeons: the special forces of general surgery (the “navy seals paradigm”)
title_fullStr Emergency general surgeons: the special forces of general surgery (the “navy seals paradigm”)
title_full_unstemmed Emergency general surgeons: the special forces of general surgery (the “navy seals paradigm”)
title_short Emergency general surgeons: the special forces of general surgery (the “navy seals paradigm”)
title_sort emergency general surgeons the special forces of general surgery the navy seals paradigm
topic Emergency surgery
General surgery
Health system
Organizational solution
Surgical training
Academic education
url https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-020-0293-7
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