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Advanced Trauma Life Support® (ATLS®), is a continuing medical education program designed to teach a standardized, concise approach to the care of the trauma patient in the "golden hour"—the period of time following traumatic injury during which there is the highest likelihood of death.
The content in these modules is for informational purposes only, and does not provide credit. Modules were reviewed and updated on 6/22/2023.
You must enroll in an ATLS Refresher Course through an ATLS Site Coordinator in order to take this course. To find an ATLS Refresher Course near you, please visit Find an ATLS Course.
The newly redesigned MyATLS app provides access to key elements of the ATLS program and is available for a one-time cost of $9.99 for the duration of the ATLS 10th Edition version of the app. Visit, MyATLS App | ACS (facs.org), for more information and links to purchase the app. (The QR code in the ATLS 10th Edition Student Course Manual linked to the previous version of the MyATLS mobile app, which contained ATLS 9th Edition content.)
Contact
For questions about course content, please contact the ATLS office at traumaeducation@facs.org or 312-202-5160.
Target Audience
This activity is intended for health care providers involved in the care of the trauma patient to maintain their current status, including:
- Practicing physicians
- Residents
- Advanced practice clinicians
- Medical students in their final year of study
Learning Objectives
- Demonstrate the concepts and principles of the primary and secondary patient assessment
- Establish management priorities in a trauma situation
- Initiate primary and secondary management necessary within the golden hour for the emergency management of acute-life threatening conditions
- In a given simulated clinical and surgical skills practicum, demonstrate the following skills, which are often required in the initial assessment and treatment of patient with multiple injuries
Course Outline
- Pre-test
- Module 0: ATLS Overview
- Module 1: Initial Assessment and Management
- Module 2: Airway and Ventilatory Management
- Module 3: Shock
- Module 4: Thoracic Trauma
- Module 5: Abdominal and Pelvic Trauma
- Module 6: Head Trauma
- Module 7: Spine and Spinal Cord Trauma
- Module 8: Musculoskeletal Trauma
- Module 9: Thermal Injuries
- Module 10: Pediatric Trauma
- Module 11: Geriatric Trauma
- Module 12: Trauma in Pregnancy and Intimate Partner Violence
- Module 13: Transfer to Definitive Care
- Post-Module Assessment
- Course Evaluation
DISCLOSURE INFORMATION
In accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the American College of Surgeons must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all financial relationships with any commercial interest (termed by the ACCME as “ineligible companies”, defined below) held in the last 24 months (see below for definitions). Please note that first authors were required to collect and submit disclosure information on behalf all other authors/contributors, if applicable.
Ineligible Company: The ACCME defines an “ineligible company” as any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services used on or consumed by patients. Providers of clinical services directly to patients are NOT included in this definition. |
Financial Relationships: Relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit. Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received, or expected. |
Conflict of Interest: Circumstances create a conflict of interest when an individual has an opportunity to affect CME content about products or services of an ineligible company with which he/she has a financial relationship. |
The ACCME also requires that ACS manage any reported conflict and eliminate the potential for bias during the educational activity. Any conflicts noted below have been managed to our satisfaction. The disclosure information is intended to identify any commercial relationships and allow learners to form their own judgments. However, if you perceive a bias during the educational activity, please report it on the evaluation.
For course-specific disclosure listings, please refer to the disclosure insert provided at your course site.
Planning/Development Committee
The following have contributed to the development of the ATLS 10 courses as indicated below:
Kimberly Joseph, MD, FACS (Live Activity, Modules)
Nothing to disclose
Sharon Henry, MD, FACS (Live Activity, Modules)
Nothing to disclose
John Sutyak, MD, FACS (Modules)
Nothing to disclose
Joe E. Acker III, MD, FACS (Instructor)
Nothing to disclose
Suresh Agarwal, MD, FACS (Modules)
Nothing to disclose
Galinos Bamparas, MD, FACS (Modules)
Nothing to disclose
Karen Brasel, MD, FACS (Live Activity, Modules)
Nothing to disclose
Julie Dunn, MD, FACS (Modules)
Nothing to disclose
Daniel Grabo, MD, FACS (Modules)
Nothing to disclose
Oscar Guillamondegui, MD, FACS (Modules)
Nothing to disclose
Kenji Inaba, MD, FACS (Modules)
Nothing to disclose
Randeep Jawa, MD, FACS (Modules)
Nothing to disclose
Dennis Kim, MD, FACS (Modules)
Nothing to disclose
Stefan Leichtle, MD, FACS (Modules)
Nothing to disclose
Hunter Moore, MD (Modules)
Founder, Thrombo Therapeutics Incorporated
Deborah Paltridge (Instructor)
No disclosures
Travis Polk, MD, FACS (Modules)
Nothing to disclose
Justin Regner, MD (Modules)
Nothing to disclose
Morgan Schellenberg, MD, FACS (Modules)
Nothing to disclose
Kristin Sihler, MD, FACS (Modules)
Nothing to disclose
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program.
By attending this activity, you give us permission to share your CME data with the CME Accrediting provider and the American Board of Surgery via the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.
Available Credit
- 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 7.25 Certificate of Completion
- 7.25 Self Assessment Credit