Course Description

Injured patients present a wide range of complex problems. The ATLS Student Course presents a concise approach to assessing and managing multiple injured patients, providing information and techniques that are comprehensive and easily adapted to meet the needs of physicans and advanced care providers, regardless of the care setting.

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) and its Committee on Trauma (COT) developed the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) program to provide participants with a safe, reliable method for immediate management of the injured patient and the basic knowledge necessary to:

Assess the patient’s condition rapidly and accurately.
Resuscitate and stabilize the patient according to priority.
Determine if the patient’s needs exceed a facility’s capacity.
Arrange appropriately for the patient’s inter-hospital transfer .
Assure that optimum care is provided and that the level of care does not deteriorate at any point during the evaluation, resuscitation, or transfer process.

For providers who infrequently treat trauma, the ATLS course provides an easy to remember method for evaluating and treating the victim of a traumatic event. For providers who treat traumatic injuries on a frequent basis, the ATLS course provides a scaffold for evaluation, treatment, education, and quality assurance. In short, ATLS is a measurable, reproducible, and comprehensive system of trauma care.

Program Schedule

Class will begin each day at 7:30am with registration and breakfast starting at 7:15am. Class will end by 5:00pm on day 1. Participants should expect to stay until 6:30pm on day 2 to allow enough time to complete practical and written testing.

Additional course information will be sent to the email address listed on your registration application. Approximately thirty (30) days prior to the course date, participants will be given access to online training content, including a PDF version of the student textbook.

Cancellation Policy

A refund may be provided to those who cancel their registration at least fourteen (14) days before the course start date. The course textbook fee, currently $100, will be deducted from the total refund amount. The refund will be processed back to the credit card used for payment.

NO refunds will be provided to those who cancel their registration fewer than fourteen (14) days before the course start date.

ALL issued refunds will have Eventbrite registration and processing fees deducted from the refund amount.

For more information, please contact the course coordinator at 919.350.7955 or dahill@wakemed.org.

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Advanced Trauma Life Support (October 2025)