ATLS_10th_Edition_Advanced Trauma Life Support Student_Manual

MyatLs MoBILe appLICatIon The course continues to make use of the MyATLS mobile application with both Universal iOS and Android compatibility. The app is full of useful reference content for retrieval at the hospital bedside and for review at your leisure. Content includes: • Interactive visuals, such as treatment algorithms and x-ray identification • Just in Time video segments capturing key skills • Calculators, such as pediatric burn calculator to determine fluid administration • Animations, such as airway management and surgical cricothyroidotomy Students, instructors, coordinators, and educators are encouraged to access and regularly use this important tool. skILLs VIDeo As part of the course, video is provided via the MyATLS. com website to show critical skills that providers should be familiar with before taking the course. Skill Stations during the course will allow providers the opportunity to fine-tune skill performance in preparation for the practical assessment. A review of the demonstrated skills before participating in the skills stations will enhance the learner’s experience. The ACS Committee on Trauma is referred to as the ACS COT or the Committee, and the State/Provincial Chair(s) is referred to as S/P Chair(s). The international nature of this edition of the ATLS Student Manual may necessitate changes in the commonly used terms to facilitate understanding by all students and teachers of the program. Advanced Trauma Life Support® and ATLS® are proprietary trademarks and service marks owned by the American College of Surgeons and cannot be used by individuals or entities outside the ACS COT organization for their goods and services without ACS approval. Accordingly, any reproduction of either or both marks in direct conjunction with the ACS ATLS Program within the ACS Committee on Trauma organization must be accompanied by the common law symbol of trademark ownership. Ronald M. Stewart, MD, FACS Committee on Trauma, Chair Chair of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma Witten B. Russ Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery UT Health San Antonio San Antonio, Texas United States Michael F. Rotondo, MD, FACS Trauma Program, Medical Director CEO, University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group Vice Dean of Clinical Affairs–School of Medicine Professor of Surgery–Division of Acute Care Surgery Vice President of Administration–Strong Memorial Hospital President-Elect–American Association for the Surgery of Trauma University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, New York United States Sharon M. Henry, MD, FACS ATLS Committee Chair Anne Scalea Professor of Surgery University of Maryland School of Medicine University of Maryland Medical Center RA Cowley Shock Trauma Center Baltimore, Maryland United States Saud A. Al Turki, MD, FACS Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, King Abdulaziz Medical City King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences Riyadh Saudi Arabia Col. (Ret.) Mark W. Bowyer, MD, FACS Ben Eiseman Professor of Surgery Chief, Trauma and Combat Surgery Surgical Director of Simulation, Department of Surgery The Uniformed Services University Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda, Maryland United States Kimberly A. Davis MD, MBA, FACS, FCCM Professor of Surgery, Trauma Vice Chairman for Clinical Affairs Yale School of Medicine Chief of General Surgery, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Trauma Medical Director Yale New Haven Hospital New Haven, Connecticut United States Julie A. Dunn, MD, MS, FACS Medical Director, Trauma Research and Education UC Health Northern Colorado Loveland, Colorado United States Peter F. Ehrlich, MD, FACS Professor C S Mott Children’s Hospital Ann Arbor, Michigan United States James R. Ficke, MD, FACS Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, Maryland United States Glen A. Franklin, MD FACS Professor University of Louisville School of Medicine Louisville, Kentucky United States Maria Fernanda Jimenez, MD, FACS General Surgeon Hospital Universitario MEDERI Bogotá, Distrito Capital Colombia Martin S. Keller, MD, FACS, FAAP Associate Professor of Surgery St. Louis Children’s Hospital Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri United States Gilberto K. K. Leung, MBBS, FRCS, PhD Clinical Associate Professor The University of Hong Kong Queen Mary University Pok Fu Lam Hong Kong R. Todd Maxson, MD, FACS Professor of Surgery University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Trauma Medical Director Arkansas Children’s Hospital Little Rock, Arkansas United States Daniel B. Michael, MD, PhD, FACS, FAANS Director of Neurosurgical Education William Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak Professor of Neurosurgery Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine Royal Oak, Michigan United States Director, Michigan Head and Spine Institute Southfield, Michigan United States Neil G. Parry, MD, FACS, FRCSC Medical Director, Trauma Program Associate Professor of Surgery and Critical Care London Health Sciences Center Schulich School of Medicine, Western University London, Ontario Canada Bruce Potenza, MD, FACS Critical Care Surgeon, Trauma UCSD Medical Center San Diego, California United States Martin A. Schreiber MD, FACS Professor and Chief, Division of Trauma, Critical Care & Acute Surgery Oregon Health & Science University Portland, Oregon United States Gary A. Vercruysse, MD, FACS Director of Burn Services Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Burns, Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care University of Arizona School of Medicine Tucson, Arizona United States Robert J. Winchell, MD, FACS Chief, Division of Trauma, Burn, Acute and Critical Care Director of the Trauma Center Weill Cornell Medicine New York–Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center New York, New York United States Mary-Margaret Brandt, MD, MHSA, FACS Trauma Director St. Joseph Mercy Health System Ann Arbor, Michigan United States Megan L. Brenner, MD FACS Assistant Professor of Surgery University of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore, Maryland United States Frederic J. Cole, Jr., MD, FACS Associate Medical Director, Trauma Clinic and Patient Outcomes Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Portland, Oregon United States Oscar D. Guillamondegui, MD, MPH, FACS Professor of Surgery Trauma Medical Director Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, Tennessee United States Lewis E. Jacobson, MD, FACS Chair, Department of Surgery Director, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital Indianapolis, Indiana United States Newton Djin Mori, MD, PhD, FACS General and Trauma Surgeon Hospital das Clinicas–University of São Paulo São Paulo, São Paulo Brazil John P. Sutyak, EdM, MD, FACS Director, Southern Illinois Trauma Center Associate Professor of Surgery Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Springfield, Illinois United States Michael Murray, MD General Surgery Banner Churchill Community .....................................................continued...........................................................