Advanced Trauma Life Support System (ATLS) in a Peripheral Hospital
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Improved trauma management with advanced trauma life support (ATLS) training.
OBJECTIVE To determine the value of advanced trauma life support (ATLS) training for medical staff in a major incident situation, based upon performance in a simulated exercise. METHODS A major incident exercise was used to assess the management of trauma victims arriving in hospital suffering from multiple or life threatening injuries. The effect of ATLS training, or exposure to an abbreviat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Journal Armed Forces India
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0377-1237
DOI: 10.1016/s0377-1237(02)80118-6