We take care of critically ill and injured patients. Here are just a few examples of the different patient scenarios we manage. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Therefore, we often receive consults for various other surgical disease processes outside of what is listed here.

Trauma

• Penetrating wounds from gunshot wounds, stabs, or assaults from any material that breaks the skin and causes bleeding or significant tissue damage

• Blunt injuries from falls (roof, ladders, etc.), motor vehicle accidents, bicycle accidents, pedestrians struck by vehicles.

• Non-accidental injuries (abuse, inter-personal violence)

Surgical Critical Care

• Critically ill trauma or emergency general surgery patients.

• Patients undergoing complex or high-risk surgical procedures or requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admission.

• Complications from procedural interventions.

• Intra-abdominal catastrophes.

• Airway emergencies- patients who are unable to be intubated and require a surgical airway.

Emergency General Surgery

• Appendicitis, Cholecystitis, Diverticulitis.

• Bowel ischemia or bowel obstruction.

• Soft tissue infection- necrotizing soft tissue infection.

• Surgical airway or enteral access- tracheostomy for ventilator dependency and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG).