Modifications in advanced trauma life support

Annually, numerous traumatic events occur worldwide for a variety of reasons such astraffic accidents, war and explosion, etc. The trauma patients cause major problemsand challenging situations for the physicians. At, 1976, an aircraft crash resulted ingreat evolution in our approaches to trauma patients. Previously, these patients weremanaged as general patients which was time consuming and threatened the patients›life. Advanced trauma life support (ATLS) represents a concise method to manage thepatients with multiple trauma which is well-known as ABCDE . The physician shouldquickly evaluate the condition and resuscitate and stabilize the patient. However, inspite of advances in our knowledge and experience in managing trauma patients,studies have revealed that the current approaches did not significantly reduced therate of morbidity and mortality in multiply trauma patients. Accordingly, it seemsnecessary to review the current techniques and approaches and further, the trainingmethods and modify them based on the recent evidences.