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Covers floor pagers for Bari/MIS and colorectal
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Triages, sees, and staffs consults for all surgery services except pediatric surgery and thoracic
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May be asked to see the pediatric and thoracic surgery consults as well if chief is in the OR
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Delegates consults to other available residents if overrun with multiple consults
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Notifies attending from corresponding service if there is a consult at risk of not being seen in a timely manner and all residents are busy
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Tells chief about critically ill consults, acute surgical abdomens, or cases otherwise being booked for OR overnight
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Informs SICU resident and intern for any consults being admitted to their services and items to follow-up on
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Coordinates with trauma APPs for trauma consults; ensures timely response
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Runs all field trauma and trauma transfers after 7 pm (up until that point ED runs them), will be supported by chief early on in rotation especially with running level 1s
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Supports intern with clinical questions/concerns, especially when chief is in the OR
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Assists SICU resident with procedures and decision-making along with chief
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Participates in OR as second resident and joins for TA cases (should rarely be the only resident covering a case unless there are two “senior level cases” going, which is then up to discretion of chief)