iran is one of the countries with a high rate of accident casualties in highways and cities. we are amongst the pioneers in accident related deaths and casualties in the world. in just 2014, road and highway casualties and fatalities were 315,719 and 17,994 respectively. motorcycles passengers and pedestrians are the main victims of these casualties. definitely, by appropriate measures, the suf...

U.S military medical personnel are currently trained to care for combat casualties using the principles taught in the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course. The appropriateness of many of the measures taught in ATLS for the combat setting is unproven. A 2-year study to review this issue has been sponsored by the United States Special Operations Command. This paper presents the results of t...

INTRODUCTION Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) protocols provide a common approach for trauma resuscitations. This was a quality review assessing compliance with ATLS protocols at a Level I trauma center; specifically whether the presence or absence of a trauma team leader (TTL) influenced adherence. METHODS This retrospective study was conducted on adult major trauma patients with acute in...

The paper reports on a questionnaire evaluation of the UK-based ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support) instructor course. The trainee instructors who responded were mainly at consultant grade with some senior registrars. The course was regarded as being very effective in achieving most of its objectives and in raising the confidence of postgraduate medical instructors, especially those lacking pre...

Intraosseous lines are a reliable and rapid tool for obtaining vascular access in emergency situations, particularly in children. Their use is recommended when intravenous access cannot be easily secured and there is a need for fluid or pharmacological resuscitation. Training in this technique is included in the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) and Advanced Paediatric Life Support course (AP...

results the evaluation of eps was identical to that of the radiologists in 89.5% of the cases. ninety-eight percent (98%) indicated total agreement and 1.5 percent total disagreement. conclusions there is a high agreement between eps and radiologists in cxr interpretations in shohadaye tajrish hospital. thus, eps can substitute radiologists in the emergency department. more improvements are rec...