Is the advanced trauma life support simulation exam more stressful for the surgeon than emergency department trauma care?

Advanced trauma life support courses.

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...

Advanced trauma life support, 8th edition, the evidence for change.

The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma's Advanced Trauma Life Support Course is currently taught in 50 countries. The 8th edition has been revised following broad input by the International ATLS subcommittee. Graded levels of evidence were used to evaluate and approve changes to the course content. New materials related to principles of disaster management have been added. ATLS is...

Comparing emergency department performance indicators in Trauma centers

Introduction: The Emergency Department has significant role in reducing mortality and accelerating the delivery of emergency services. Emergency performance indicators play an important role in evaluating the performance of emergency department. Therefore, this study focuses on investigating the emergency performance indicators in Trauma Centers of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. Metho...

Advanced trauma life support training for ambulance crews.

BACKGROUND There is an increasing global burden of disease from injuries. Models of trauma care initially developed in high-income countries are also being adopted in low and middle-income countries (LMIC). Amongst these ambulance crews with Advanced Life Support (ALS) training are being promoted in LMIC as a strategy for improving outcomes for victims of trauma. However there is controversy as...