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- M Helm, M Kulla, and L Lampl.
- Abteilung für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Ulm, Oberer Eselsberg 40, 89070 Ulm. matthias.helm@extern.uni-ulm.de
- Anaesthesist. 2007 Nov 1;56(11):1142-6.
AbstractAdvanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) is a concept for rapid initial assessment and primary management of an injured patient, starting at the time of injury and continuing through initial assessment, lifesaving interventions, re-evaluation, stabilization and, when needed, transfer to a trauma centre. Despite some shortcomings, it is the only standardized concept for emergency room management, which is internationally accepted. Because of its simple and clear structure, it is flexible and can be universally integrated into existing emergency room algorithms under consideration of local, regional as well as national and international peculiarities in the sense of a "common language of trauma". Under these aspects ATLS also seems to be a valid concept for Europe.
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