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[animal_net] Call on University of Missouri Health Care to End Its Use of Animals in Trauma Training Exercises

forwarded message:PETA Friday, August 20, 2004 10:48 PMAction Alert E-News, August 20, 2004 August 20, 2004 http://www.peta.org/alert/automation/AlertItem.asp?id=1106Home > Action Alerts > Call on University of Missouri Health Care to End Its Use of Animals in Trauma Training Exercises!According to complainants at University of Missouri Health Care, flight nurses and others are required to attend a dog lab every three months. PETA sent a letter to the administration detailing humane and more effective non-animal teaching methods (e.g., human cadavers and simulators), but when we placed a follow-up call to the executive director, we were told to contact the Department of Animal Quality Assurance. Obviously, this was not the response we had hoped for.Many prestigious facilities have eliminated dog labs from their courses in favor of non-animal alternatives. For example, the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) in Baltimore, Md., now uses a cadaver lab and has reported that 95 percent of MIEMSS students consider it superior. Philip Militello, M.D., an instructor at MIEMSS, has taught approximately 100 trauma training courses, both with dogs and with the innovative program using human cadavers and simulators. He considers using cadavers a big advantage and explains, “The anatomy of a cadaver human is identical to a patient, while a dog’s anatomical landmarks differ. Over the years, it has become clear that students enjoy doing the procedures on a human cadaver specimen because of the identical scenarios, landmarks, and the hands-on experience. It mirrors the clinical scenario and is very well received.†Similarly, the TraumaMan® System, a surgical training simulator approved by the American College of Surgeons as an alternative to the use of cadavers and live animals, has saved countless lives—human and nonhuman.Please call on the executive director of University of Missouri Health Care to replace its use of animals in trauma training exercises with cadavers and/or patient simulators: James H. RossExecutive DirectorUniversity of Missouri Health CareExecutive Administration UHCMa204c Medical Sciences Bldg.Columbia, MO 65211573-884-8733rossjhPlease note that Mr. Ross is the one who must address our concerns, not the Department of Animal Quality Assurance.PW 8010the wild, cruel beast is not behind the bars of the cage. he is in front of it - axel munthe"Never doubt that a small group of dedicated citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead"I abhor vivisection. It should at least be curbed. Better, it should be abolished. I know of no achievement through vivisection, no scientific discovery, that could not have been obtained without such barbarism and cruelty. The whole thing is evil." - Dr. Charles Mayo, Founder of the Mayo Clinic