The Emergency Trauma Life Support Student Course is designed to teach healthcare personnel life-saving skills and a standardized approach to trauma care in the first hour following a trauma incident. These courses follow the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma guidelines.

It covers:

• to understand leadership and task allocation within a trauma team
• to understand the responsibilities of a trauma team member
• to understand communication within the team
• to understand communication with non-team members
• Patient assessment and prioritizing
• Airway management
• Shock recognition, hemorrhage control, and shock treatment
• Vascular access
• Recognition and treatment of:
  1. Traumatic brain injury
  2. Thoracic injuries
  3. Abdominal and pelvic injuries
  4. Spinal injuries
  5. Injuries to extremities
  6. Thermal injuries

• Prioritizing the multi-trauma patient
• Decision-making under pressure
• Trauma management and advanced treatment plan
• Cooperation between the specialties