Advanced trauma life support training: How useful it is?

Figure 1 Fikri M Abu-Zidan, MD, FACS, FRCS, PhD, Dip Applied Statistics; Professor, Acute Care Surgeon, Point-of-Care Sonographer, and Statistical Consultant; Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates.

Figure 2 A moulaged simulated patient having a stab wound to the left chest wall with tension pneumothorax.

Figure 3 A moulaged simulated trauma patient with a penetrating impalement injury to the left thigh with left femur fracture and superficial femoral artery injury caused by a piece of wood.

Figure 4 Practical training on performing diagnostic peritoneal lavage on anaesthetized goats using the open technique and a transverse sub-umbilical incision.

Figure 5 Miller’s pyramid for gaining clinical skills in Advanced Trauma Life Support courses. ATLS: Advanced Trauma Life Support.