November 2021 Cutting Edge Newsletter

Cutting Edge Newsletter

01 Nov 2021

by Acute Care Surgery Committee, TSACO Editorial Board

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editor's note

Welcome to the Cutting Edge! Our goal is to provide information that will be of use to the practicing acute care surgeon.

ACS highlight

Dr. Morgan Schellenberg of the Acute Care Surgery Committee presents Trauma Team Activation: Optimizing Prehospital Triage of the Injured Patient. The American College of Surgeons (ACS) Committee on Trauma (COT) provides a set of trauma team activation (TTA) criteria, intended to be applied in the prehospital setting to identify trauma patients who would benefit most from highest level trauma activation.

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member news

Read up on member news and updates! This update contains member funding announcements, awards, institutional changes, and personal updates.

ABS call for
nominations

The American Board of Surgery (ABS) is soliciting nominations for membership on the ABS council. As you can see from the email below and letter (ABS Nominations to the Council) from Drs. Berman and Buyske the way members are nominated and appointed has changed from being a “societal” representative to specific competency based.

call for TSACO editor

The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma seeks applications for the position of Editor-in-Chief for Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open! AAST is looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Editor to continue the trajectory of TSACO while at the same time taking TSACO to the next level with high-quality published manuscripts, global visibility and impact factor.

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