Training in advanced trauma life support
P. E. Collicott and I. Hughes
The lack of a standardized method for the initial assessment of the trauma
patient's condition and the skills to perform emergency lifesaving surgical
techniques in rural Nebraska has led to the development of an Advanced
Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course. There has been a direct correlation
between the presentation of the course in several rural areas of Nebraska
and the improved quality of trauma care apparent when the patients arrive
at a definitive care hospital. The national development of a standardized
ATLS course will improve the survival of trauma patients as has been
experienced with the Advanced Cardiac Life Support course and cardiac
patients.
