Vascular Trauma Survey for Trauma Surgeons

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* 1. What is your age?

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* 2. With which gender do you identify?

Male

Female

Other

Decline to comment

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* 3. How many years since you completed your training?

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* 4. Which of the following best describes the primary hospital in which you work?

University Hospital

University-affiliated hospital

Community Hospital

Public Hospital

Military or Veterans Affairs Hospital

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* 5. Which of the following best describes the trauma capabilities of your primary hospital?

Level 1 Trauma Center

Level 2 Trauma Center

Level 3 Trauma Center

Non-trauma center

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* 6. In what region is your primary hospital located?

Northeastern US

Southeastern US

Midwestern US

Northwestern US

Southwestern US

Other (please specify)

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* 7. Which type of fellowship, if any, did you complete?

AAST-accredited Acute Care Surgery (ACS) Fellowship

Non-AAST accredited ACS fellowship

Surgical Critical Care Fellowship only

Trauma Fellowship only

Did not complete a fellowship

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* 8. Are you certified by the American Board of Surgery in Surgical Critical Care?

Yes

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* 9. Do you commonly care for vascular trauma patients in your practice?

Yes

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* 10. How often do you typically perform vascular interventions for trauma?

At least weekly

Once every 2-3 weeks

Once a month

Less than once a month

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* 11. At your primary hospital, is there a vascular training program with vascular residents / fellows?

Yes

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* 12. Recognizing that many variables influence the co-management of vascular injuries, which of the below best describes the most common pathway for management of an isolated vascular injury requiring open operative care at your hospital?

Trauma surgery team provides comprehensive care without routine vascular operative consult unless required

Trauma surgery team starts the operative case with ROUTINE intra-operative consultation with vascular surgery in all cases

Vascular surgery provides operative management alone

The pathway is dependent upon trauma attending comfort and background

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* 13. If given the option, would you favor incorporating more vascular trauma surgery into your practice?

Yes

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* 14. What do you perceive as barriers to the greater incorporation of vascular cases into your trauma practice? (Check all that apply)

Institutional / Group practices or policies that mandate vascular consultation for vascular injuries

Inability to maintain vascular skillsets

Competition with the needs of a vascular training program

Unfamiliarity with endovascular techniques and/or options for vascular injury care

I am not interested in expanding my vascular caseload

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* 15. Would you prefer if vascular trauma surgery was performed by vascular surgeons?

Yes

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* 16. Do you think that modern trauma surgeons are adequately trained for and capable of performing operative management of vascular injury?

Yes

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* 17. Do you feel that vascular surgeons are better suited to manage vascular injuries at specific locations?

Yes

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* 18. In which body regions do you feel appropriately capable of performing operations for vascular injury? (select all that apply)

Neck

Chest

Abdomen / Pelvis

Proximal extremity (above knee, above elbow)

Distal extremity (below knee, below elbow)

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* 19. Do you routinely perform endovascular operations?

Yes

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* 20. Do you routinely employ endovascular surgery for TRAUMA applications?

Yes

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* 21. As part of your practice, do you personally deploy endovascular balloon occlusion / REBOA for hemorrhage control following trauma on a regular basis?

Yes

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* 22. Would you like to learn more about the use of endovascular balloon occlusion / REBOA for use in controlling traumatic hemorrhage?

Yes

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* 23. As part of your current practice, do you personally utilize endovascular stents or stent grafts for repair of traumatic vascular injuries on a regular basis?

Yes

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* 24. Would you like to learn more about the use of endovascular stents or stent grafts for the repair of traumatic vascular injuries?

Yes

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* 25. As part of your current practice, do you personally perform pelvic or solid organ embolization for traumatic hemorrhage control on a regular basis?

Yes

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* 26. Would you like to learn more about pelvic or solid organ embolization for traumatic hemorrhage control?

Yes

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* 27. Would you be interested in a course that teaches advanced endovascular skills in trauma?

Yes