Figure 2From: Trauma and the acute care surgery model – should it embrace or replace general surgery?Surgical exposure in elective, emergent and trauma conditions. The majority of trauma patients are managed non-operatively, as influenced bu adjacent specialties such as interventional radiology. Including emergent conditions in the surgical armamentarium would ensure a wider range of surgical exposure and experience with critically ill patients, while including elective cases would ensure technical skills training and a better working lifestyle.Back to article page