>On the flip side, nobody is really satisfied with the idea that it takes a trauma surgeon to save you. You're right that it takes skills, but not skills that a

>On the flip side, nobody is really satisfied with the idea that it takes a trauma surgeon to save you. You're right that it takes skills, but not skills that a paramedic, a nurse or many other people have. Although it takes a surgeon to save someone from a serious wound, I am very skeptical of the suggestion (perhaps unintentionally implied?) that an EMT or first responder can't do anything to improve outcomes except transport the patient fast. There is a whole list of things they train combat medics to do and none of them involve an operating theater.