distance learning is expanding and replacing the traditional academic medical settings. managing trauma patients seems to be a prerequisite skill for medical students. this study has been done to evaluate the efficiency of distance learning on performing the initial assessment and management in trauma patients, compared with the traditional learning among senior medical students. one hundred an...

Objective: The adherence of the physicians to guidelines in resuscitation patients is great importance since it can predict outcome. To evaluate our center hydration traumatic with crystalloids regarding Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) guidelines. Methods: We designed an algorithm obtained from ATLS using vital signs and status bleeding classify them. After categorizing according algorithm,...

BACKGROUND Pelvic x-ray is a routine part of the primary survey of polytraumatized patients according to Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) guidelines. However, pelvic CT is the gold standard imaging technique in the diagnosis of pelvic fractures. This study was conducted to confirm the safety of a modified ATLS algorithm omitting pelvic x-ray in hemodynamically stable polytraumatized patients...

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.

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...

More than 7.5 million people in the world are affected by spinal cord injury (SCI). In this study, we aimed to analyze the effect of training in advanced trauma life support (ATLS) on the kinematics of the spine when performing different mobilization and immobilization techniques on patients with suspected SCI. A quasi-experimental study, clinical simulation, was carried out to determine the ef...

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...