Rule 15-12-32-6.2.10 - Qualifications of Surgeons on the Trauma Team1. Basic to qualifications for trauma care for any surgeon is Board Certification in a surgical specialty recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialists, the Advisory Board of Osteopathic Specialists, the American Dental Association, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, or other appropriate foreign board. Many boards require a practice period. Such an individual may be included when recognized by major professional organizations has been received in their specialty. The board certification criteria apply to the general surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, and neurosurgeons.2. Alternate criteria in lieu of board certifications are as follows: a. Non-board certified general surgeons must have completed a surgical residency program.b. He/she must be licensed to practice medicine.c. He/she must be approved by the hospital's credentialing committee for surgical privileges.d. The surgeon must meet all criteria established by the pediatric trauma medical director to serve on the pediatric trauma team.e. The surgeon's experience in caring for the pediatric trauma patient must be tracked by the PI program.f. The pediatric trauma medical director must attest to the surgeon's experience and quality as part of the recurring granting of pediatric trauma team privileges.g. The pediatric trauma medical director, using the pediatric trauma PI plan is responsible for determining each general surgeon's ability to participate on the pediatric trauma team.3. The surgeon is expected to serve as the captain of the resuscitating team and is expected to be in the emergency department upon arrival of the seriously injured pediatric patient to make key decisions about the management of the pediatric trauma patient's care. The surgeon will coordinate all aspects of treatment, including resuscitation, operation, critical care, recuperation and rehabilitation (as appropriate in a secondary pediatric trauma center) and determine if the pediatric patient needs transport to a higher level of care. If transport is required he/she is accountable for coordination of the process with the receiving physician at the receiving facility. If the pediatric patient is to be admitted to the secondary pediatric trauma center, the surgeon is the admitting physician and will coordinate the pediatric patient care while hospitalized. Guidelines should be written at the local level to determine which types of pediatric patients should be admitted to the secondary pediatric trauma center or which pediatric patient should be considered for transfer to a higher level of care.4. The general surgeons and emergency physicians must participate in a multidisciplinary trauma committee and the PI process. Peer review committee attendance must be greater than fifty percent over a year's period of time. General surgeons and emergency physicians must demonstrate evidence of participation in the internal trauma education plan.15 Miss. Code. R. 12-32-6.2.10
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