Training Courses
Trauma Courses
Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS). Systematic team-based management of trauma.
Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma (ASSET). Cadaver dissection for vascular exposure.
Advanced Trauma Operative Management (ATOM). Live tissue dissection for trauma exposures (pelvic hemorrhage, solid organ and hollow viscus injury management, retroperitoneal exposure, basic management of thoracic trauma).
Basic Endovascular Skills for Trauma (BEST). Hands-on training in REBOA.
Stop the Bleed. Training course for the public to learn how to control hemorrhage.
Critical Care Courses
Fundamental Critical Care Support (FCCS). Primer for non-intensivists on critically ill patients' initial management when critical care consultation is not immediately available.
Emergency General Surgery Courses
Emergency Surgery Course. Training course for non-trauma surgeons. Topics include abdominal sepsis, bowel obstruction, colorectal emergencies, cholecystitis, obstetric emergencies.
Training Course Texts
Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) 10th Edition Student Course Manual. The newest edition of the manual. Fundamental principles of initial trauma evaluation, diagnosis, and management.
Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma: Exposure Techniques When Time Matters (ASSET). Trauma exposures, particularly peripheral vascular access.
Advanced Trauma Operative Management (ATOM). Operative techniques in trauma.
Trauma: Code Red (Khan). 1st edition, 2019. Companion to the RCSEng Definitive Surgical Trauma Skills Course.