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Course Description
The ATLS© Course teaches well-established treatment methods and approaches trauma care in a systemized manner, presenting to the physician a concise method of establishing assessment and management priorities in the care of the trauma patient.
TRAUMA strikes down its many victims swiftly and indiscriminately. In that first critical hour after someone has been severely injured, the physician must act with speed, knowledge and skill.
The AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS (ACS) COMMITTEE ON TRAUMA developed the current
ATLS® Program in accordance with the College's long-standing dedication to
improvement of care for the surgical patient. The program is designed for physicians
and extenders who do not treat victims of major trauma regularly and who
may not have immediate access to sophisticated emergency care facilities. Physicians
treating trauma patients in emergency or surgical departments also benefit from
the course training. The program emphasizes the first hour of initial assessment
and primary management of the injured patient, starting at the point in time of
injury and continuing through initial assessment, life-saving intervention, re-evaluation,
stabilization, and when needed, transfer to a facility in which the patient can
receive specialized care, such as a trauma center.
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