End the Use of Pigs in Vanderbilt's Trauma Training Program
End the Use of Pigs in Vanderbilt's Trauma Training Program
The Issue
This weekend, Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville plans to perform emergency medical procedures on live pigs before killing them. Please tell the school’s dean that this needs to stop.
Please call, e-mail, or write a letter to Vanderbilt University School of Medicine dean Jeffrey R. Balser, M.D., Ph.D. Ask Dr. Balser to replace the use of pigs in all Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) courses with validated nonanimal training methods. Being polite is the most effective way to help these animals and improve medical education. Send an automatic e-mail.
Jeffrey R. Balser, M.D., Ph.D.
Dean, School of Medicine
D-3300 MCN 2104
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN 37232
E-mail: jeff.balser@vanderbilt.edu
Phone Number: 615-936-3030
While participants in the ATLS program at Vanderbilt still cut open the airways of live pigs and insert tubes and needles into the animals’ hearts and chest cavities, more than 90 percent of U.S. ATLS programs use only human-based medical simulators.
If you have any questions, please contact me at rmerkley@pcrm.org. Thanks so much for your help!
Best regards,
Ryan Merkley
Manager of Humane Education Programs
End the Use of Pigs in Vanderbilt's Trauma Training Program
Please contact Vanderbilt University School of Medicine dean Jeffrey R. Balser, M.D., Ph.D., and ask him to replace the use of pigs in all Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) courses with validated nonanimal training methods. Please remember, being polite is the most effective way to help these animals and improve medical education. Use the following talking points:
I am writing to urge you to end the use of animals in Vanderbilt's Advanced Trauma Life Support program. The vast majority of ATLS programs in the United States and Canada exclusively use nonanimal methods like the TraumaMan System. These human-based alternatives are cheaper, more effective, and more humane.
Click the "Send Your Message" button and your e-mail will automatically be sent to Dr. Balser.
The Issue
This weekend, Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville plans to perform emergency medical procedures on live pigs before killing them. Please tell the school’s dean that this needs to stop.
Please call, e-mail, or write a letter to Vanderbilt University School of Medicine dean Jeffrey R. Balser, M.D., Ph.D. Ask Dr. Balser to replace the use of pigs in all Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) courses with validated nonanimal training methods. Being polite is the most effective way to help these animals and improve medical education. Send an automatic e-mail.
Jeffrey R. Balser, M.D., Ph.D.
Dean, School of Medicine
D-3300 MCN 2104
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN 37232
E-mail: jeff.balser@vanderbilt.edu
Phone Number: 615-936-3030
While participants in the ATLS program at Vanderbilt still cut open the airways of live pigs and insert tubes and needles into the animals’ hearts and chest cavities, more than 90 percent of U.S. ATLS programs use only human-based medical simulators.
If you have any questions, please contact me at rmerkley@pcrm.org. Thanks so much for your help!
Best regards,
Ryan Merkley
Manager of Humane Education Programs
End the Use of Pigs in Vanderbilt's Trauma Training Program
Please contact Vanderbilt University School of Medicine dean Jeffrey R. Balser, M.D., Ph.D., and ask him to replace the use of pigs in all Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) courses with validated nonanimal training methods. Please remember, being polite is the most effective way to help these animals and improve medical education. Use the following talking points:
I am writing to urge you to end the use of animals in Vanderbilt's Advanced Trauma Life Support program. The vast majority of ATLS programs in the United States and Canada exclusively use nonanimal methods like the TraumaMan System. These human-based alternatives are cheaper, more effective, and more humane.
Click the "Send Your Message" button and your e-mail will automatically be sent to Dr. Balser.
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Petition created on July 16, 2009