Example Specialty Table for Plastic Surgery: By Level of Care Groups of Specialty Conditions Degree of Specialty Specific Specific Allied staff Additional Conditions specialized Procedures infrastructure equipment requirements requirements training performed required required Community / Primary health care Visible Screening: Physician Screening and Clean Functioning X-ray technician Center Specific: Congenital Cleft lip/palate Nurses appropriate triage treatment machine Health professionals should Anomalies Craniofacial anomalies Basic wound room Wound care be trained in feedings for Infections (ie. Apert’s syndrome, care for X-ray supplies infants with Minor Pierre-Robin syndrome, wounds, lacerations capabilities Splints cleft/craniofacial Injuries etc.) Suturing of simple wound abnormalities Minor Congenital hand lacerations dressing packs: Health professionals should Burns anomalies (ie. Splinting of simple sterile field, be trained to screen for syndactyly, radial club fractures dressing tray, common congenital hand, amniotic dressing towel, abnormalities etc.) cotton All healthcare professionals Infections (ie. septic balls/swabs, should be proficient in arthritis, osteomyelitis, forceps care flexor tenosynovitis, deep hand space infections) Management: Fist degree burns Fractures, closed, (hand, finger, facial) Wounds/lacerations requiring dressings or simple sutures
Example Specialty Table for Plastic Surgery: By Level of Care Groups of Conditions Specialty Conditions Degree of specialized training Specialty Procedures performed Specific infrastructure required Specific equipment required Allied staff requirements Additional requirements Community / Primary health care Visible Congenital Anomalies Infections Minor Injuries Minor Burns Screening: Cleft lip/palate Craniofacial anomalies (ie. Apert’s syndrome, Pierre-Robin syndrome, etc.) Congenital hand anomalies (ie. syndactyly, radial club hand, amniotic etc.) Infections (ie. septic arthritis, osteomyelitis, flexor tenosynovitis, deep hand space infections) Management: Fist degree burns Fractures, closed, (hand, finger, facial) Wounds/lacerations requiring dressings or simple sutures Physician Nurses Screening and appropriate triage Basic wound care for wounds, lacerations Suturing of simple lacerations Splinting of simple fractures Clean treatment room X-ray capabilities Functioning machine Wound care supplies Splints wound dressing packs: sterile field, dressing tray, dressing towel, cotton balls/swabs, forceps X-ray technician Center Specific: Health professionals should be trained in feedings for infants with cleft/craniofacial abnormalities Health professionals should be trained to screen for common congenital abnormalities All healthcare professionals should be proficient in care