| ASCCA Membership
The ASCCA is the sole organization dedicated to the continuation
of the role of anesthesiologists in providing critical care services.
You do not have to be an intensivist to benefit from membership
in this organization. Critical care practices are utilized in the
post anesthesia care unit, intermediate care unit, emergency department/trauma
center as well as the intensive care unit. Practitioners with clinical
case loads that are dominated by cardiac, neurosurgical, and transplant
procedures may be frequently involved in the daily perioperative
care of critically ill patients. Patients in all of these care areas
may require aggressive monitoring and state of the art perioperative
care. The continued enhancement of critical care services throughout
the perioperative period is a founding goal of ASCCA.
Benefits:
- An educational organization to foster the role of anesthesiologists
as perioperative specialists, and to provide for continuing education
and interchange of ideas;
- Representation for the practice of critical care medicine in
the ASA House of Delegates;
- Legislative representation in conjunction with the ASA and
Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) on key issues related
to patient care and reimbursement;
- A forum for the specialist with broad-based interests including
respiratory therapy (R.T.), postoperative cardiac surgical, neurological,
and transplant management, and trauma care;
- The Interchange quarterly newsletter, acting as a vehicle for
dissemination of thought and information pertaining to various
topics including historical aspects of anesthesiology, ethically
controversial issues, and survey of practice patterns;
- Access and participation in ongoing CME and research programs
including a fall research and clinical update, and a breakfast
panel in association with the ASA Annual Meeting.
- Educational updates through texts and monographs published
under the direction of ASCCA;
- Assistance to anesthesiology chairpersons and program directors
regarding educational goals and objectives for residents and fellows;
Membership Process:
Membership does not require formal sponsorship and can be applied
for by active ASA members, fellows or residents in training, or
international members electronically.
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