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Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)

Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) is an internationally recognised course which takes a systematic, concise approach to the care of a trauma patient, providing a safe and reliable method for immediate management of injured patients in the first 1-2 hours following injury.

This course was known as the Early Management of Severe Trauma (EMST) course until 31 December 2025 and was the equivalent of ATLS.

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  • Registration
  • Course objectives
  • Course delivery
  • Course Content
  • Surgical competencies
  • Course assessment and certification
  • Eligibility
  • Course schedule
  • Current fees
  • Course fee includes
  • Waitlist
  • Cancellation policy
  • How to withdraw from a course
  • Contact

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Course objectives

After completing the ATLS course, participants will be able to:

  • demonstrate the concepts and principles of primary and secondary patient assessment.
  • establish management priorities in the initial management of a trauma patient.
  • initiate primary and secondary management of a simulated trauma patient in a timely manner.
  • demonstrate skills, in a trauma situation, that are often required in the initial assessment and treatment of patients with multiple injuries.

Course delivery

Provider course - for participants

  • Runs over 2.5-days, valid for 4 years
  • 16 participants on each course
  • Faculty of trauma experts
  • Highly interactive skills stations and scenarios

Refresher course - for anyone who has completed a provider course and needs to remain current

  • Runs over 1.5 days
  • 16 participants on each course
  • Faculty of trauma experts
  • Highly interactive skills stations and scenarios

The refresher course combines facilitated discussions with interactive case scenarios to create a uniquely interactive, learner focused experience.

If it has been longer than 4.5 years since you completed your provider course, you may be required to complete another provider course instead of a refresher.

ATLS ADF course - for Australian Defence Force personnel only

This course is an ATLS provider course and is delivered by ADF affiliated faculty.

 

Course Content

The course covers the following:

  • Initial assessment and management
  • Airway and ventilatory management
  • Shock
  • Thoracic trauma
  • Head trauma
  • Abdominal and pelvic trauma
  • Practical surgical skills
  • Spine and spinal cord trauma
  • Musculoskeletal trauma
  • Thermal injuries
  • Trauma in pregnancy and intimate partner violence
  • Paediatric trauma and geriatric trauma
  • Transfer to definitive care
  • Role of FAST

 

Surgical competencies

This course includes content that aligns to the following surgical competencies.

  • Medical expertise
  • Technical expertise
  • Professionalism
  • Judgement and decision making
  • Collaboration and teamwork
  • Communication

Course assessment and certification

Participants are required to attend and engage in each session of the course and are assessed on both a written multiple-choice questionnaire and practical exam (initial assessment).

Each component must be completed successfully to achieve ATLS certification, which is valid for 4 years.

Eligibility

The ATLS provider course caters to:

 

  • Junior doctors
  • Doctors training or specialising in intensive care, emergency medicine, anaesthetics, surgery, and general practice
  • SET Trainees of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (training requirement)
  • Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Trainees (training requirement)

To register, applicants must be post-graduate year (PGY) 2+ registered medical graduates (e.g. MBBS).

The ATLS refresher course caters to:

  • Doctors who have completed a provider course within the last 4.5 years

If it has been longer than 4.5 years since completing a provider course, consider completing another provider course instead of a refresher to remain current.

Course schedule

Please visit the ATLS 2026 course schedule (PDF 56.39KB).

Current fees

Australia

  • Provider course – $3,620.00 (including GST)
  • Refresher course – $2,690.00 (including GST)

Australian SET's who are mandated to complete the course are exempt from GST on Australian courses.

Aotearoa New Zealand

  • Provider course – $4,050.00 (including GST)
  • Refresher course – $3,010.00 (including GST)

Courses conducted in Aotearoa New Zealand will be invoiced in NZ dollars, regardless of residential country of applicant.

The fee includes:

  • online course manual: ATLS 10th Edition, American College of Surgeons, 2018
  • online resources, including pre-course test
  • catering
  • certificate upon successful completion

 

Fees for both Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand will remain at 2025 fee prices

Course fee includes

The fee for this course includes:

  • online course manual: ATLS 10th Edition, American College of Surgeons, 2018
  • online resources, including pre-course test
  • catering
  • certificate upon successful completion.

Waitlist

When a course reaches capacity, you can register to be placed on the waitlist for that course. Our team will contact you should a place become available.

Cancellation policy

Cancellation/withdrawal by participant:

  • Withdrawal more than 10 weeks prior to course: 95% refund of course fee
  • Withdrawal less than 10 weeks prior to course: 50% refund of course fee
  • Withdrawal less than 6 weeks prior to course: no refund of course fee

If you cannot attend the course due to sickness or bereavement, the refund amount will be determined on a case-by-case basis. Please advise [email protected] as soon as possible for consideration.

  • Transfers to alternative courses are not permitted, and will be subject to the applicable cancellation fee
  • Refunds will be refunded by the payment method used at time of purchase
  • Refunds for payments made by PayPal more than 6 months ago cannot be refunded. We will contact you for an alternative refund method.

Cancellation by RACS:

A full refund will be issued if a course is cancelled by RACS.

 

As of November 2025.

How to withdraw from a course

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  • Click your profile name (top right corner of page)
  • Click My Registrations to view your enrolled courses
  • Select CANCEL for the course you wish to withdraw from
  • You will receive an email notification confirming your withdrawal. Refunds, if eligible, will be processed according to the cancellation policy above.

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 T: +61 3 9249 1266  (VIC, QLD, TAS, ADF)  

T: + 61 3 9249 1145   (SA, ACT, NSW, WA, NT)  

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