Advanced trauma life support, 8th edition, the evidence for change

Kortbeek, John B.; Al Turki, Saud A.; Ali, Jameel; Antoine, Jill A.; Bouillon, Bertil; Brasel, Karen; Brenneman, Fred; Brink, Peter R.; Brohi, Karim; Burris, David; Burton, Reginald A.; Chapleau, Will; Cioffi, Wiliam; Collet E Silva, Francisco De Salles; Cooper, Art; Cortes, Jaime A.; Eskesen, Vagn; Fildes, John; Gautam, Subash; Gruen, Russell L.; Gross, Ron; Hansen, K. S.; Henny, Walter; Hollands, Michael J.; Hunt, Richard C.; Jover Navalon, Jose M.; Kaufmann, Christoph R.; Knudson, Peggy; Koestner, Amy; Kosir, Roman; Larsen, Claus Falck; Livaudais, West; Luchette, Fred; Mao, Patrizio; McVicker, John H.; Meredith, Jay Wayne; Mock, Charles; Mori, Newton Djin; Morrow, Charles; Parks, Steven N.; Pereira, Pedro Moniz; Pogetti, Renato Sergio; Ravn, Jesper; Rhee, Peter; Salomone, Jeffrey P.; Schipper, Inger B.; Schoettker, Patrick; Schreiber, Martin A.; Smith, R. Stephen; Svendsen, Lars Bo; Taha, Wa'el; Van Wijngaarden-Stephens, Mary; Varga, Endre; Voiglio, Eric J.; Williams, Daryl; Winchell, Robert J.; Winter, Robert

Advanced trauma life support, 8th edition, the evidence for change

Date

2008

Authors

Abstract

The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma's Advanced Trauma Life Support Course is currently taught in 50 countries. The 8th edition has been revised following broad input by the International ATLS subcommittee. Graded levels of evidence were used to evaluate and approve changes to the course content. New materials related to principles of disaster management have been added. ATLS is a common language teaching one safe way of initial trauma assessment and management.