Acute care surgery in evolution

作者：Davis Kimberly A^*; Rozycki Grace S

来源：Critical Care Medicine, 2010, 38(9): S405-S410.

DOI：10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181ec55c8

• surgery
• acute surgical care
• training
• fellowship program
• accreditation

At the center of the development of acute care surgery is the growing difficulty in caring for patients with acute surgical conditions. Care demands continue to grow in the face of an escalating crisis in emergency care access and the decreasing availability of surgeons to cover emergency calls. To compound this problem, there is an ever-growing shortage of general surgeons as technological advances have encouraged subspecialization. Developed by the leadership of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the specialty of acute care surgery offers a training model that would produce a new breed of specialist with expertise in trauma surgery, surgical critical care, and elective and emergency general surgery. This article highlights the evolution of the specialty in hope that these acute care surgeons, along with practicing general surgeons, will bring us closer to providing superb and timely care for patients with aeute surgical conditions. (Crit Care Med 2010; 38[Suppl.]:S405-S410)

• 出版日期2010-9