Advance Life Support (ALS): Trauma Module (Online)

€50.00 p/p

The American Heart Association's (AHA) Advanced Life Support (ALS) Trauma Module is an online, self-directed course designed for advanced healthcare providers seeking to enhance their knowledge in trauma patient evaluation and initial lifesaving interventions. The course employs True Adaptive™ learning technology, allowing participants to engage with the material at their own pace

Course Details

The Trauma Module describes the systematic evaluation of a trauma patient including performing initial lifesaving manouevers. This course includes assessment, approaches, and treatment of systematic evaluation of a trauma patient, key concerns during an assessment, adjuncts to the primary trauma survey, airway obstruction maneuvers and securing the airway, identifying shock and providing treatment, hemodynamic instability, and hemorrhage control, trauma resuscitation, permissive hypotension, massive transfusions, traumatic brain injury, burn injuries, and musculoskeletal injuries.

Course Content:

The module covers a comprehensive range of topics, including:

• Systematic evaluation of trauma patients
• Key concerns during assessment
• Adjuncts to the primary trauma survey
• Airway obstruction maneuvers and securing the airway
• Identifying shock and providing treatment
• Hemodynamic instability and hemorrhage control
• Trauma resuscitation
• Permissive hypotension
• Massive transfusions
• Management of traumatic brain injury, burn injuries, and musculoskeletal injuries

Course Learning Objectives: 
After successfully completing this course, students should be able to:

• Describe the systematic evaluation of a trauma patient including performing initial life-saving manoeuvres.
• Explain how to ensure that a trauma patient has a secure and functional airway.
• Describe the pathophysiology of shock in trauma.
• Identify sources of hemodynamic instability and perform life-saving manoeuvres for initial haemorrhage control.
• Describe the management of trauma patients with traumatic central nervous system injury, burn injuries, and fractures.
• Explain the indications and contraindications of resuscitative thoracotomy in case of traumatic cardiac arrest.

Course Specifications:

• Features engaging, True Adaptive learning
• Responsive design ensures compatibility on mobile devices and tablets
• Students can select their level of competence as they begin the course and can change their selection at any time during the course
• All curriculum is web-accessible through inclusive design
• Ease of use for more students – works on all common browsers

Intended Audience: This course is intended for:

• Emergency Department physicians (who have not recently taken Advanced Trauma Life Support)
• Emergency Department nurses
• Paramedics
• Nurse practitioners and advanced practice nurses

Continuing Education Credits:

• The module offers continuing education credits.

Candidate Criteria

The intended audiences for this course are ED Physicians (not recently taken ATLS), ED Nurses, Paramedics, and NP/APN.

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