TY - JOUR T1 - Advanced trauma life support: back to basics JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 311 LP - 311 DO - 10.1136/emj.2008.059055 VL - 26 IS - 4 AU - S Bishara Y1 - 2009/04/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/26/4/311.abstract N2 - The Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course aims to provide a universal framework for the management of trauma that will lead to a reduction in patient mortality. While it has achieved great success in global uptake, there is conflicting evidence of its benefit to patients.1 2ATLS has great scope as it is designed for doctors practising away from the … ER -