Advance Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Course

The ATLS Program, designed by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Committee on Trauma (COT) aims to improve the care of trauma patients. The 2-day course includes didactic lectures, an animal practice session and real-time trauma simulation sessions. Doctors will be taught a systematic, concise method of establishing assessment and management priorities in the care of the trauma patients.

The ATLS Program aims to provide the participant with a safe, reliable method to assess the patient’s condition rapidly and accurately, resuscitate and stabilize them according to priority, determined if there’s a need to transfer the patient to another facility, arrange for inter-hospital transfer and ensure that optimal care is provided.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of the course, the participant will be able to:

Demonstrate concepts and principles of 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 care of acute life-threatening emergencies.
Demonstrate, in a given simulated clinical and surgical skill practicum, the following skills used in the initial assessment and management of patients with multiple injuries:

Primary and secondary assessment of a patient with simulated, multiple injuries
Established a patent airway and initiating one- and two-person ventilation
Orotracheal and nasotracheal intubation on adult and infant manikins
Pulse oximetry and carbon dioxide monitoring
Cricothyroidotomy
Assessment and management of the patient in shock, including initiation of percutaneous venous access and recognition of life-threatening hemorrhage
Venous cutdown (optional)
Pleural decompression via needle thoracentesis and chest tube insertion
Pericardiocentesis
X-ray identification of thoracic injuries
Peritoneal lavage, ultrasound, and CT evaluation of the abdomen
Head and neck trauma assessment and management with GCS scoring
Identification of intracranial lesion by CT scan
X-ray identification of spine injuries
Neurotrauma evaluation
Musculoskeletal trauma assessment and management

Cost

Please make cheque payable to “Tan Tock Seng Hospital Pte Ltd”

ATLS Course Dates

28-29 Jan 2010
4-5 Mar 2010
29-30 April 2010
7-8th June 2010
1-2 July 2010
26-27 Aug 2010
28-29 Oct 2010

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Payment

1.	If paying by cheque/ bankdraft, please make it payable to “Tan Tock Seng Hospital Pte Ltd” and mail it to:	Karen Go Tsung Shyen Trauma Co-ordinator TTSH-NNI Trauma Centre c/o General Surgery Office Clinical Staff Office 4B Tan Tock Seng Hospital Singapore 308433
2.	If paying via visa/MasterCard, please download this form and fax it to:	Karen Go Tsung Shyen Trauma Co-ordinator Fax: 6357 7809
3.	If paying by Personal Training Fund (PTF), please advise the following:	Person in charge to send the bill to Contact no. Institution name And email information to trauma@ttsh.com.sg

Cancellation Clause

Any cancellation or replacement must be conveyed to the Organiser in writing. A cancellation charge of 50% of fee will be levied if the cancellation is received after the closing date, and there will be no refund if the cancellation is received after the ATLS manual has been sent to the participants.

The Organiser reserves the right to cancel the workshop and fully refund the participants should unforeseen circumstances necessitate it.

Registration Form

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