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AHA ALS Trauma Module
Class Price:	$35.00

The ALS: Trauma Module covers the systematic evaluation of a trauma patient, including performing initial lifesaving maneuvers. Course content includes the following:

• 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 Objectives:

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

• Describe the systematic evaluation of a trauma patient including performing initial lifesaving maneuvers
• 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 how to perform lifesaving maneuvers for initial hemorrhage 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