ATLS Update Part I –32nd Annual EM & Acute Care Course

Using primarily the Emergency Medical Abstracts (EMA) database of over 17,000 abstracts, 28 presentations, each of 30-minute duration, are presented along with four 90-minute faculty panels. The focus of the course is the new, the controversial and the provocative. The course faculty synthesize the literature and combine it with their clinical experience to provide participants with specific recommendations regarding diagnosis and therapy related to emergency care.

[Neuro_Ahmad]

Quite an enlightening lecture. Fascinating overview of historical issues with ATLS.

[t]

I wish the paramedics in my system could have this view on ketamine. We have it in our scope as well as RSI. Any use of ketamine by a medic in my system is reviewed by the state which means our medics are very apprehensive to use it. It is such a great drug that got a bad rep. I also love what you said about succinylcholine vs the rock (lol) another thing I feel most of my medics don't really consider all of the pros and cons between the two (we carry both).