@Toaster_Pastry ABS has started “continuous certification” which will include an open book 40 question test with 2 weeks to complete every 3 years. Is this better? More fees, more frequent, probably not any more relevant to practice.
@TraumaDramaMD Rotations for juniors on some non-surgical services to round out knowledge and gain a different perspective on how our patients get to us. Anesthesia, radiology, GI, ER, etc.
@KBrookeGolisch I was told the same thing during intern year of Gen surg. Warned I wouldn’t be allowed to do as much in cases if attendings thought I wasn’t interested in their sub-specialty. Thankfully, didn’t turn out to be true
@Caulimovirus Hospital already has 4 benches out front with plaques dedicating 2 of them to healthcare workers who fought COVID and 2 to the victims of COVID
@emily_fri Definitive management is resection of the involved innominate, which requires a sternotomy for proximal control. CV surgery is best, but trauma might be more available. Anesthesia should intubate from above with finger in place. ENT won’t open a chest, IR is only case studies