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Should the UK develop and run its own advanced trauma course?
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- Published on: 29 April 2016
- Published on: 29 April 2016Reforming ATLSShow More
Dear Editor
Of course ATLS needs to be reformed,[1] and perhaps we could start by abandoning the tortured ABCDE mnemonic.
Many major trauma patients are conscious and in this situation the first thing to do is take a brief History. Breathing and Airway are part of the same process, and surely the patient should be immediately Exposed to allow examination. And if Disability means a core neurological exami...
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