The Trauma Service consists of a PG4, PG3 and a PG1. The chief of the service is the PG4.

The objectives for the PG1 are:

• Basic resuscitation techniques using ATLS protocol methods

• Review critical care management principles.

• Wound care management in the trauma room and acute care settings.

• Basic surgical skills involving incision, wound closures, handling of tissues and selection/use of operating instruments.

• Anatomy, physiology, and pathology of all systems affected by traumatic injury, including the functional evaluation of:

  • central nervous system

  • cardiovascular system

  • pulmonary system

  • gastrointestinal system

  • extremity function

  • nutritional status

• Principles of the critical care management of the trauma patient.

• Acute management of extremity injury, including need for casts, splints, and traction.

• Rehabilitative issues in the early care of the traumatically injured. Indications for, and the provision of, nutritional support for patients traumatically injured.