תקציר
ATLS Course for Surgery Residents - Should it be Mandatory?
Ron Ben-Abraham, Michael Stein, Yoram Kluger, Gideon Paret, Avraham Rivkind, Joshua Shemer
Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces; Sourasky Medical Center and Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University; and Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem
Senior surgeons were asked about mandatory participation of general surgery residents in the advanced trauma life support (ATLS) course. Although trauma care in Israel is given by surgical residents, in the opinion of their senior mentors the course should continue to be mandatory for them.