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Injured patients present a wide range of complex problems. The Advanced Trauma Life Support® (ATLS®) Course presents a concise approach to assessing and managing multiply injured patients. The course presents physicians and advanced practice providers with knowledge and techniques that are comprehensive and easily adapted to fit their needs. The skills described in the manual represent one safe way to perform each technique, and the American College of Surgeons (ACS) recognizes that there are other acceptable approaches. However, the knowledge and skills taught in the course are easily adapted to all venues for the care of patients.

The ACS and its Committee on Trauma (COT) have developed the ATLS Course for physicians and advanced practice providers. This program provides systemic and concise training for the early care of trauma patients. The ATLS Course provides participants with a safe, reliable method for immediate management of the injured patient and the basic knowledge necessary to:

1. Treat the greatest threat to life first. A lack of a definitive diagnosis should not delay the application of indicated treatment. A detailed history is not essential to begin the evaluation of a patient with acute injuries.
2. Employ the xABCDE algorithm as a universal language for the primary survey.  

For physicians and advanced practice providers  who infrequently treat trauma, the ATLS Course provides an easy-to-remember method for evaluating and treating the victim of a traumatic event. For physicians and advanced practice providers who treat traumatic disease on a frequent basis, the ATLS Course provides a scaffold for evaluation, treatment, education, and quality assurance. In short, ATLS is a measurable, reproducible, and comprehensive system of trauma care.

History

The Beginning

In February 1976, a tragedy occurred that changed the first hour of trauma care for injured patients in the United States and in much of the rest of the world. Dr. Jim Styner, an orthopaedic surgeon, crashed his small plane into a cornfield in rural Nebraska. Dr. Styner sustained serious injuries, three of his children sustained critical injuries, and one child sustained minor injuries. His wife was killed instantly. The care that he and his family subsequently received was inadequate by the day’s standards. The surgeon, recognizing how inadequate their treatment was, stated, "When I can provide better care in the field with limited resources than what my children and I received at the primary care facility, there is something wrong with the system, and the system has to be changed."

Program Development

A new approach to the provision of care for individuals suffering major, life-threatening injury premiered in 1978, the year of the first ATLS Course. In January 1980, the American College of Surgeons introduced the ATLS Course in the U.S. and abroad. Canada joined the ATLS program the following year. In 1986, several countries in Latin America joined the ACS Committee on Trauma and introduced the ATLS program in their region. Now, ATLS is available in more than 80 countries. Under the auspices of the ACS Military Committee on Trauma, the program has been conducted for U.S. military doctors in the United States and around the world.

For more than a quarter century, the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma has taught the ATLS Course to over 1 million doctors in more than 80 countries. ATLS has become the foundation of care for injured patients by teaching a common language and a common approach. The 11th edition builds upon decades of best-practice developments, with contributions from more than 250 surgeons from multiple disciplines. The result is an ATLS Course that represents the highest level of trauma care for the global community.

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During a crisis, no matter how quickly professional emergency responders arrive, bystanders will always be first on the scene. This class will teach you how to take simple actions immediately to help save a life. The Trauma Center at Duke University Hospital is committed to helping our community to become lifesavers.

Class Description

This FREE course is part lecture and part hands-on skills training. In it, you will learn how to:

• Recognize bleeding that is life-threatening
• Apply direct pressure to wounds
• Apply a tourniquet

No prior medical knowledge or training is necessary to take the course.

Stop The Bleed is a 90-minute course designed as a one-time certification to provide you with the knowledge and skills to help save a life.

Request an on-site class at your facility, school, church, business, or organization by emailing Tricia Smar at tricia.smar@duke.edu.

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Every second counts when stabilizing life-threatening trauma cases. This course, taught by qualified nurses, prepares you with the knowledge, critical thinking skills and training needed to provide high-quality trauma nursing care. After completing this course, you will be able to properly assess patients and implement evidence-based interventions to improve outcomes for them.

Here's a glimpse of what you'll learn:

• The latest trauma nursing practice recommendations
• Systematic assessment and standardized approach to trauma nursing care
• Rapid identification of life-threatening injuries

About TNCC

This edition expands the opportunity for application of trauma knowledge and skills by increasing the Trauma Nursing Process teaching activities from six to eight scenarios. Other enhancements include:

• Reshaped and revised pre-course learning activities to include modules on communication and shock.
• The addition of “The LGBTQ+ Trauma Patient” chapter.
• Interactive activities are interwoven throughout the classroom time. 

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This course, taught by qualified nurses, is designed to provide the core-level pediatric knowledge and skills needed to properly assess and implement evidence-based interventions to improve outcomes for this high-risk patient population.

ENPC, 6th Edition, is ENA's latest version of the Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course. This edition is patient-presentation-based, focusing on recognizing normal and abnormal findings and appropriate interventions. Highlights of this edition include:

• The addition of "The Child with a Rash" and "The Child with Special Health Care Needs
• The reintroduction of a chapter on trauma, "The Child with an Injury"
• "The Child in Need of Stabilization" includes resuscitation and critically ill presentations
• The course is designed to provide the core-level pediatric knowledge and skills needed to properly assess and implement evidence-based interventions to improve outcomes for this high-risk patient population.

About ENPC

Accurate assessment of a child with acute illness or injury requires special knowledge and skills. Here’s a glimpse into what you’ll learn from the qualified nurses who teach this course:

• The latest pediatric emergency nursing practice recommendations
• Systematic assessment and application of care
• Education that can be applied to every pediatric patient you treat

Why is ENA's ENPC the right course for you?

• Evidence-based content developed by pediatric nursing experts.
• Curriculum designed specifically for nurses.
• Education that can be applied to every pediatric patient you treat.
• Course content is updated regularly as pediatric care evolves.
• Four-year, internationally recognized verification as an ENPC provider is earned upon successful completion.
• Increase your confidence in emergency pediatric patient care.