by the year 2020, the incidence of trauma has been predicted to rise worldwide and the death rate is expected to increase from 5.1 million to 8.4 million. the most important cause of death and severe morbidity up to the age of 45 years is traumatic brain injury, with or without polytrauma. since the early 1970s, traffic-related deaths in germany have dropped continuously—with the exception of t...

No one could have imagined that when a light aircraft crashed in rural Nebraska in 1976, the nature of global trauma management would be forever altered. James Styner, an orthopaedic surgeon, was piloting the plane in question and the accident resulted in the death of his wife and serious injuries to himself and his four children. The standard of care that he and his family received in the loca...

Introduction. The Global Burden of Disease Study has identified injuries as one the top ten causes death and disability worldwide. Injury is predicted to rise in rankings by year 2030. This study aimed quantify effectiveness an Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) training improving mortality outcome after trauma injury.

Please cite this paper as: Paydar S, Farhadi P, Ghaffarpasand F. Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Tips to Be Kept In Mind. Bull Emerg Trauma. 2013; 1(1):49-51. Corresponding author: Fariborz Ghaffarpasand Address: Trauma Research Center, Shahid Rajaee Trauma Hospital, Chamran Avenue, PO Box: 713451876 Shiraz, Iran. Tel: +98-917-3095214 Fax: +98-711-6254206 e-mail: fariborz_ghaffarpasand@yaho...

atls or advanced trauma life support and the family training courses like atcn and phts, are training courses planning for medical staff who are involved in trauma care to mange injured  people in proper way to save lives and reduce the morbidity significantly. from the scene of accident ems who passed phtls for pre hospital trauma care to emergency rooms in hospital doctors and nurses could pe...

Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) training of medical staff did not improve outcome of the trauma victim. Potential benefit of this course may have been masked by weak links in the trauma care chain such as pre-hospital care and in hospital investigative and therapeutic facilities.

What are the initial steps you take when a patient presents with a traumatic spinal cord injury? Trauma patients are worked up in the emergency department through the general surgery trauma team in conjunction with the orthopedic trauma team. Initial management is done under the guidelines of the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) protocol, where we recognize and manage potential vital threats...

DESCRIPTION A 25-year-old man presented as a trauma alert to the emergency department after being involved in a motor vehicle crash. After appropriate ATLS (advanced trauma life support) evaluation, a large bulky head wrap was removed revealing a 25-cm transverse laceration extending from the medial brow traversing the most cephalad portion of the right superior helix, and extending toward occi...

Base deficit has frequently been utilized as an informal adjunct in the initial evaluation of trauma patients to assess the extent of their physiologic derangements. However, the current Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) classification system for hypovolemic shock does not include base-deficit measurements and relies primarily on alterations in vital signs (heart rate, systolic blood pressure...

Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) programs are recognized as the standard educational trauma program worldwide. Data suggest that ATLS has a positive impact on the value of trauma care. The ATLS Hungary program has been started in 2005, celebrating its 10-year anniversary this year. In the present brief communication a brief overview is provided on the program.Student evaluation and statistic...