Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)

Course content

  • Initial assessment
  • Airway management
  • Shock burn and cold injuries
  • Thoracic trauma
  • Abdominal trauma
  • Head trauma
  • Spine trauma
  • Musculoskeletal trauma
  • Extremes of age (Pediatrics and Geriatrics)
  • Trauma in women

Requirements

Required for General Surgery residents prior to GL-2 year; Anesthesia residents prior to GL-4 year.

Certification

Four years

Course schedule

  • 3-4 ATLS Provider courses per year
  • 1-2 ATLS Refresher courses per year

Cost of course

No charge for General Surgery and Anesthesia residents. 

  • $850 for 2-day ATLS provider course
  • $525 ATLS Refresher Course
  • $125 ATLS Course Auditor Fee

Additional information

For more information about ATLS courses and sign-up, please reach out to Jesse Tucker at jesse.m.tucker@hitchcock.org.