It is generally believed that “golden hour” is the crucial time to save a patient. This means that proper medical care must be given to a person in the first hour after he or she falls sick, like suffering a stroke or injury or suffers a trauma. Of late, emergency medicine is catching up to provide medical aid to the victim. A doctor can help a patient better if he or she is trained in Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) system.
It is believed that the chances of survival of a trauma victim will increase appreciably if immediate medical care is provided through ATLS . Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) is a training program for medical providers in the management of acute trauma cases, developed by the American College of Surgeons. Its goal is to teach a simplified and standardized approach to trauma patients. Originally designed for emergency situations where only one doctor and one…
