Pub Date : 2024-03-08DOI: 10.1186/s13017-024-00538-7
Brian WCA Tian
<p>Acute care surgery [ACS] as a model of care and a focused area of specialisation is gaining traction globally [1,2,3]. ACS is seen as a natural evolution of the specialty of trauma. If anything, this restructuring is desperately needed.</p><p>In the ideal ACS system, I propose that surgeons will be:</p><ol>