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Overview
Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) teaches a systematic approach to the early assessment and management of trauma patients.
The ATLS Committee is a subcommittee of the Prevocational and Skills Education Committee (PSEC), and has direct responsibility for the effective organisation and delivery of the ATLS® course throughout Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
View the ATLS Committee Terms of Reference (PDF 89.12KB)
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Objectives
The ATLS Committee:
- oversees the conduct of the ATLS program throughout Australasia according to the policy and standards of the ATLS® Subcommittee of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ASC COT)
- oversees the continued development of the ATLS program throughout Australasia as required
- oversees the review of curriculum and materials necessary to the ATLS® program
- promotes the promulgation of ATLS in the Asia-Pacific region
- maintains the Memorandum of Understanding and a close professional and collaborative relationship with the ATLS Subcommittee of the American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma (ACS COT) and the broader ATLS international community
Membership
Chair: Dr Mariolyn Rajakulenthiran FRACS
Deputy Chair: Associate Professor Andrew Kurmis FRACS
Region Representatives:
Associate Professor Andrew MacCormick FRACS, AoNZ Representative
Associate Professor Jeremy Hsu FRACS, NSW/ACT Representative
Dr Julianne Schliebs, SA/NT Representative
Dr Jovy Aura Alejandro Carpio FRACS, VIC Representative
Dr Ian Young FRACS, ADF Representative
Dr Nicholas Williams FRACS, Rural Representative
Dr Andrew Hattam, Young Fellows Representative
Members at Large:
Dr David Lockwood FRACS
Dr Glenn Farrant FRACS
Dr Ian Ferguson
Dr Kenneth McCallum
Dr Richard Hocking FRACS
Colonel Rodney Petersen
Dr Sarah Louise Jones