Interesting that you brought this up at this time as we are in the same boat
although we do have a pediatric surgeon. We have a youngster in our ICU at
this time and surgery did not consult peds (I felt strongly that they should
have). Although the patient is a trauma patient (4 wheeler rollover and has
a head injury , he also had a high sodium with numerous facial fx's etc.).
I would also be grateful for any of this information.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Bleicher [mailto:BLEICHER@saintpatrick.org]
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 2:45 PM
To: TraumaNurses@TraumaNurseSoc.org
Subject: [traumanurses] Role of pediatricians
Hi - We're a Level II center taking care of adults and kids. We have no
pediatric surgeons. Kids are managed by the general surgeon with
involvement of the on-call pediatrician. We're struggling a bit with
integration of the pediatrician - which specialty should have responsibility
for which aspects of patient care (fluids, pain meds, discharge planning,
etc.). In other words, what should the role of the pediatrician be, both in
the resuscitative and post-resuscitative periods? I'd sure appreciate any
help/guidance anyone could provide (protocols, relevant articles, whatever)!
Thanks, John
John Bleicher, RN
Trauma Coordinator
St. Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences Center
500 West Broadway
Missoula, MT 59802
ph: 406-329-5603
fax: 406-329-5875
bleicher@saintpatrick.org
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