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Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) [13] Anaesthesia Trauma and Critical Care (ATACC) [14] International Trauma Life Support (ITLS) [15] (formerly Basic Trauma Life Support) European Trauma Course (ETC) Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) [16] Battlefield Advanced Trauma Life Support (BATLS) [17]
Basic Life Support Emergency Medical Services in the United States are generally identified with Emergency Medical Technicians-Basic (EMT-B). EMT-B is the highest level of healthcare provider that is limited to the BLS protocol; higher medical functions use some or all of the Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) protocols, in addition to BLS ...
The International Trauma Life Support committee publishes the ITLS-Basic and ITLS-Advanced courses for prehospital professionals as well. This course is based around ATLS and allows the PHTLS-trained EMTs to work alongside paramedics and to transition smoothly into the care provided by the ATLS and ATCN-trained providers in the hospital.
Life support comprises the treatments and techniques performed in an emergency in order to support life after the failure of one or more vital organs. Healthcare providers and emergency medical technicians are generally certified to perform basic and advanced life support procedures; however, basic life support is sometimes provided at the scene of an emergency by family members or bystanders ...
International Trauma Life Support (ITLS) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the education in managing out-of-hospital trauma situations. ITLS was formed in 1982 as Basic Trauma Life Support . The organization's name was changed to highlight its focus on becoming an international standard. [ 1 ]
Emergency Medical Responder (Not recognized by the Arkansas Department of Health, certification issued by local EMS Authorities and/or the Arkansas Fire Training Academy) [5] Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) [6] Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) [6] Paramedic [6] Community Paramedic [5]
Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC or TC3), formerly known as Self Aid Buddy Care, [1] is a set of guidelines for trauma life support in prehospital combat medicine published by the United States Defense Health Agency. They are designed to reduce preventable deaths while maintaining operational success.
Certification requirements vary but often include advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), basic life support (BLS), pediatric advanced life support (PALS), neonatal resuscitation program (NRP), trauma nursing core course (TNCC), and Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), in addition to Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS).