Contact the coordinators for any region specific ATLS information. The National ATLS office for other ATLS related questions. For more information about ATLS course offerings in Ohio and surrounding states, follow the link above to the National ACS site or contact regional contacts above. The course is designed for the experienced trauma nurse working in the emergency department, critical care unit, or prehospital arena who has a desire for increased knowledge related to the assessment and emergent interventions for life-threatening injuries. The course includes assessment, interventions, and advanced nursing process skills with initial assessment, airway management, abdominal trauma, thoracic trauma, shock, head and spinal cord trauma, burns, extremity trauma, pediatric and obstetric trauma, and transport of the critical trauma victim.
TEAM is a program designed for medical students.
TEAM introduces the concepts of trauma assessment and management to medical students during their clinical years. The course was developed by the Subcommittee on ATLS of the ACS Committee on Trauma to fulfill the need for a standardized introductory course in the evaluation and management of trauma. The TEAM Program is designed to be taught by ATLS Instructors because they are knowledgeable of the philosophy, intent, and content of the ATLS Program. The subcommittee strongly encourages their participation in this regard. The core content is an expanded version of the ATLS Initial Assessment and Management lecture, with important principles added from other components of the ATLS Course.