Surgery News - September 2008 - (Page 9) SEPTEMBER 2008 • SURGERY NEWS NEWS FROM THE COLLEGE Dr. Collicott Chosen to Receive 2008 Distinguished Service Award T been director of the ACS Division he ACS Board of Regents of Member Services, and has rehas named Paul E. Collicott, M.D., FACS, the recipi- sponsibility in numerous areas: the Board of Governors activities and ent of its highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award for 2008. committees, chapter activities and committees, membership recruitHe will receive the award at the ment and retention, the Resident 2008 Clinical Congress. and Associate Society, Dr. Collicott is being the Committee on recognized for his Young Surgeons, 12 staunch and devoted specialty Advisory service as an ACS FelCouncils, the Central low. Among his achieveJudiciary Committee, ments are his role in deResearch Integrity Offiveloping the Advanced cer, Operation Giving Trauma Life Support Back, scholarships ad(ATLS) course, acting ministration, seven adas a national and interditional committees, national ATLS course PAUL E. COLLICOTT, the online Job Bank, director, serving as a M.D., FACS and affinity programs member of the General offering benefits to members. Surgery and Coding ReimburseBefore joining the staff of the ment Committee and the ComCollege, he served on the ACS mittee on Trauma, and serving as Board of Regents, the Board’s Exan ACS regent. ecutive Committee, Nominating Dr. Collicott is also being comCommittee, Member Services Liaimended for his superb clinical acson Committee, and Central Juditivity as a peripheral vascular and ciary Committee. He was also a trauma surgeon in Lincoln, Neb., member of the Board of Goverwork he conducted for nearly nors and of the Governors’ Comthree decades, and as trauma dimittee on Physician Health and rector and chief of surgery at LinCompetence. coln General Hospital. Furthermore, Dr. Collicott has Previously, he was president of been chair of the Central Judiciary the Nebraska Medical Association and the Lancaster County Medical Committee, a member of the Advisory Council for Vascular Society, an 8-year member of the Surgery, and a member of the Nebraska Medical Association’s General Surgery and Coding Redelegation to the American Medimbursement Committee. He also ical Association (AMA) House of has served as a member of the Delegates, and a special adviser to Committee on Trauma and its Exthe AMA/Specialty Society Relaecutive Committee, chair of the tive Value Update Committee. ATLS subcommittee, and National Since 2001, Dr. Collicott has and International ATLS course director, and he was instrumental in introducing ATLS in 1980. He has received numerous awards for his trauma endeavors and is known as the “father of ATLS.” Dr. Collicott received his medical degree from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine and served as a general rotating intern at Lincoln General Hospital. His training was interrupted while he served in the U.S. Air Force during the Viet Nam conflict, but he later completed his residency in general surgery and a peripheral vascular surgery fellowship at University of Washington Hospitals, Seattle. After completing postgraduate training, Dr. Collicott was a community surgeon in Nebraska for 28 years, specializing in peripheral vascular and trauma surgery. In addition, he was the trauma director and chief of surgery at Lincoln General Hospital and held clinical faculty appointments at the University of Nebraska and Creighton University. He has been a leader in numerous surgical and medical organizations, including the American Board of Surgery, American Surgical Association, Central Surgical Association, Western Surgical Association, Southwestern Surgical Congress, Society for Vascular Surgery, AMA, American Association for Vascular Surgery, International Society of Surgery, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, and American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. ■ Statement Issued On Cell Phone Usage in the OR This statement was developed by the American College of Surgeons’ Committee on Perioperative Care and was approved by the Board of Regents at its June 2008 meeting. ellular telephone technology has become ubiquitous. Whether for voice or for data, many surgeons have come to rely on cellular devices for communication outside the office. Nevertheless, the casual use of cellular devices in the operating room (OR) may be distracting. For these reasons, the use of cellular devices in the OR should be guided by the following considerations: 1. The undisciplined use of cellular devices in the OR—whether for telephone, e-mail, or data communication, and whether by the surgeon or by other members of the surgical team—may pose a distraction and may compromise patient care. 2. Surgeons should be considerate of the duties of personnel in the OR suite and refrain from engaging them unnecessarily in activities, including assistance in cellular communication, that might divert attention from the patient or the conduct of the procedure. 3. Cellular phones must not interfere with patient monitoring devices or with other technologies required for patient care. 4. Whenever possible, members of the OR team, including the operating surgeon, should only engage in urgent or emergent outside communication during surgery. Personal and routine calls should be minimized. Calls should be kept as brief as possible. 5. Whenever possible, incoming calls should be forwarded to the OR desk or to the hardwired telephone in the OR to minimize the potential distraction of cellular phones. 6. Whenever possible, cellular telephone calls and data transmissions should be forwarded to voice mail or to memory. The ring tone should be silenced. An inaudible signal may be employed. 7. Whenever possible, a distinct signal for urgent or emergent calls should be enabled. This signal may be implemented via a “page” option in most cellular telephones. Callers should be advised to use this function only for urgent and emergent calls if the phone is unanswered. 8. The use of cellular devices or their accessories (such as earphones or keyboards) must not compromise the integrity of the sterile field. Special care should be taken to avoid sensitive communication within the hearing of awake or sedated patients. 9. Communication using hardwired phones in the operating room is subject to the same discipline as communication using cellular technology. 10. The use of cellular devices to take and transmit photographs should be governed by hospital policy on photography of patients and by government regulations pertaining to patient privacy and confidentiality. ■ New Accreditation Program Begins for Breast Centers he National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) Board announced on July 24 that the developmental phase of the program is nearly complete, and that it would begin accepting applications for accreditation on Sept. 1. Twenty-seven standards have been defined and are included in this multidisciplinary program. Of those, 18 can be evaluated through the password-protected Survey Application Record, and nine require on-site review by an NAPBC surveyor. The standard categories include center leadership, clinical management, research, community outreach, professional education, and quality improvement. This program is amenable to all practice models and incorporates the concepts of provided and referred services in order to meet the NAPBC Standards. For more information, contact the NAPBC office by e-mail at napbc@facs.org or call 312-202-5185. ■ Enhancements Make Surgical Reference Robust he internationally renowned medical publisher BC Decker, Inc., is now publishing ACS Surgery: Principles & Practice. As the only continuously updated surgical reference endorsed by the College, ACS Surgery provides its subscribers with unrivaled content, cutting-edge information, and timely updates. In addition, a modernized Web site with new features, search tools, and increased functionality was launched during the summer. Order your copy of the bound volume for just $169 (previous price: $219). ACS Surgery: Principles & Practice is also available in CD-ROM and online-only subscription packages. Special pricing for multiple formats is available. Call toll free at 1-800-568-7281 (U.S. and Canada) or 905-522-7017; send a fax to 905-522-7839; or e-mail customercare@bcdecker.com. ■ T T Recommendations for using ultrasound guidance to place central venous catheters will be published in the October issue of Surgery News.
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