Abstract
The Advanced Trauma Life Support program, or ATLS, is a trauma education system that has become the standard of care for initial management in emergent settings. Trauma is responsible for 10% of the world’s mortality, and comes at extensive cost, often with significant morbidity and rehabilitation1. ATLS provides an organized language and approach to the trauma patient that can be communicated globally and has been shown to significantly decrease mortality in the first hour post-admission2. It was originally designed for use in low resource settings after a devastating accident involving an orthopaedic surgeon’s family. The shortcomings in care that his family received spurred him to create an educational system that could be applied at any site.
Highlights
COMMENTARY The Advanced Trauma Life Support program (ATLS) is a training program that has become the standard of care for initial management of trauma in emergent settings
ATLS was developed by Dr James Styner following a devastating accident with his family in a remote setting
Dr James Styner is an orthopaedic surgeon who was living in Lincoln, Nebraska in the 1970s
Summary
COMMENTARY The Advanced Trauma Life Support program (ATLS) is a training program that has become the standard of care for initial management of trauma in emergent settings. ATLS provides an organized language and approach to the trauma patient which can be communicated globally and has been shown to significantly decrease mortality in the first hour following admission[2]. Areas with more ATLS certified physicians have lower trauma deaths per capita.[3] ATLS was developed by Dr James Styner following a devastating accident with his family in a remote setting.
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