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ATLS Provider
Course
The ATLS®
Student Course teaches interactively established standards of
trauma care and practical life-saving skills. This course is
designed for all doctors who care for injured patients. Classes
are limited to a maximum of 24 doctors.
Provider
Course Content
The two and
one-half-day course will have an MCQ pretest and consist of
lectures and practical skills stations. Interactive lectures
include Initial Assessment and Management, Airway & Ventilatory
Management, Shock, Thoracic Trauma, Abdominal Trauma, Head
Trauma, Spine & Spinal Cord Trauma, Musculoskeletal Trauma,
Injuries due to Burns and Cold, Paediatric Trauma, Trauma in
Women, and Transfer to Definitive Care.
Practical
sessions include initial assessment and management procedures on
simulated patients, oro- and
nasotracheal intubation, ventilation techniques,
cricothyroidotomy, shock assessment and management, vascular
access, fluid resuscitation monitoring, pulse oximetry, x-ray
identification of chest injuries, needle and tube decompression
of the chest, periocardiocentesis, diagnostic peritoneal lavage,
head and neck trauma assessment and management, x-ray
identification of spine injuries, spine and spinal cord injury
assessment and management, musculoskeletal trauma injury
assessment and management, and triage scenarios.
Refunds /
Cancellation
Full fee refund
if cancelled at least
2 months from the date of the course. |
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Fees: AED 2500
Completion
The physician must
attend the entire course and demonstrate knowledge and proficiency as
per the course requirements. There will be assessment (MCQ & practical
skill) tests at the end of the course.
Upon successful
completion of an ATLS® Course, the American College of
Surgeons Committee on Trauma issues documents of successful completion
to the doctor participants.
Credits
As an organization
accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education, the American College of Surgeons designates this continuing
medical activity as meeting the criteria for 19 credits (ATLS®
Student Course) and 11 credits (ATLS® Instructor Course) in
category 1.
It is also approved by
the American College of Emergency Physicians for 19 credit hours (ATLS®
Student Course), and 11 credits (ATLS® Instructor Course) of
ACEP category 1.
Registration
Applications will be
considered strictly on merit by the organizing committee. Only
applications accompanied with full fees will be entertained.
Please make all Cheques
/ Drafts payable to
"Trauma Committee".
You can also deposit the
fees into Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
A/C No: 2335 2802 0001 in the name of
"Trauma Committee" and send a copy of your deposit slip
with your application form.
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