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Conclusion

G. Richard Holt, MD, MSE, MPH, MABE

This Manual was developed for you by the Resident Trauma Manual

Task Force of the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and

Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) Committee on Trauma, with the excellent

assistance of the Education Staff of the AAO-HNS Foundation. Its

concept was to provide you, the Resident Physician in Otolaryngology–

Head and Neck Surgery, with an electronic, quick-reference tool to aid

your evaluation and management of patients with traumatic injuries of

the face, head, and neck. There has been a growing concern in our

specialty that otolaryngologists–head and neck surgeons in community

practice are losing interest in providing trauma care in their emergency

room settings. This trend must be reversed for the good of the specialty

in its capabilities to provide

comprehensive medical and surgical

trauma care.

The Committee on Trauma encourages you to learn as much as possible

about trauma care in the region of the face, head, and neck, to gain

valuable clinical and surgical experience, and to develop a sense of the

professional rewards that come from this type of reconstructive surgery.

Remember that your efforts on behalf of the traumatized patient can

make a significant difference in the patient’s quality of life.

We wish you good success in your residency training and a rewarding

life of service in the future practice of otolaryngology–head and neck

surgery.