Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học quốc tế cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Three decades (1978–2008) of Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS™) practice revised and evidence revisited Kjetil Søreide | Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine BioMed Central Open Access Three decades 1978-2008 of Advanced Trauma Life Support ATLS practice revised and evidence revisited Kjetil Soreide Address Department of Surgery Stavanger University Hospital Stavanger POB 8100 N-4068 Stavanger Norway Email Kjetil Soreide - ksoreide@ Published 18 December 2008 Received 14 December 2008 __J Accepted 18 December 2008 Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2008 16 19 doi I757-7241-16-19 This article is available from http content I6 IZI9 2008 Soreide licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract The Advanced Trauma Life Support ATLS Program was developed to teach doctors one safe reliable method to assess and initially manage the trauma patient. The ATLS principles represents an organized approach for evaluation and management of seriously injured patients and offers a foundation of common knowledge for all members of the trauma team. After 3 decades of teaching I978 2008 of ATLS worldwide one should intuitively perceive that the evidence for the effect of ATLS teaching on the improved management of the injured patient be well established. This editorial addresses aspects of trauma education with needs for further development of better evidence of best practice. The Advanced Trauma Life Support ATLS Program was developed to teach doctors one safe reliable method to assess and initially manage the trauma patient. The ATLS principles represents an organized approach for evaluation and management of seriously injured patients and offers a foundation of common knowledge for all members of the trauma