Global Collaboration to Modernize Advanced Trauma Life Support Training
Each year, thousands of surgeons and other trauma health care providers participate in the American College of Surgeon's Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) program, which historically has allowed trainees to practice cricothyroidotomy, chest tube insertion, pericardiocentesis, venous cutdown, and diagnostic peritoneal lavage on live dogs, pigs, sheep, and goats. However, more than 99% of ATLS programs in the United States and Canada have now ended animal use, driven primarily by simulation technology advancements.
Source: Journal of Surgical Education - Category: Surgery Authors: Shalin G. Gala, Marie L. Crandall Tags: Original Reports Source Type: research
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