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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.
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
Dr Mariolyn Rajakulenthiran FRACS, Chair
Associate Professor Andrew Kurmis FRACS, Deputy Chair
Associate Professor Andrew MacCormick FRACS, Member (AoNZ Representative)
Associate Professor Jeremy Hsu FRACS, Member (NSW/ACT Representative)
Dr Julianne Schliebs, Member (SA/NT Representative)
Dr Jovy Aura Alejandro Carpio FRACS, Member (VIC Representative)
Dr Ian Young FRACS, Member (ADF Representative)
Dr Nicholas Williams FRACS, Member (Rural Representative)
Dr Andrew Hattam, Member (Young Fellows Representative)
Dr David Lockwood FRACS, Member at Large
Dr Glenn Farrant FRACS, Member at Large
Dr Ian Ferguson, Member at Large
Dr Kenneth McCallum, Member at Large
Dr Richard Hocking FRACS, Member at Large
Colonel Rodney Petersen, Member at Large
Dr Sarah Louise Jones, Member at Large