ABSTRACT
Amputation is most closely associated with blunt, lower limb injuries associated with vascular trauma. These vascular injuries require a special attention to prevent life and limb loss. Patient outcomes can also be improved by organizing vascular trauma data into appropriate systems to facilitate future studies.
Subject(s)
Amputation, Surgical , Vascular System Injuries/surgery , Wounds, Gunshot/surgery , Wounds, Nonpenetrating/surgery , Wounds, Stab/surgery , Cross-Sectional Studies , Humans , Risk Assessment , Risk Factors , Saudi Arabia/epidemiology , Treatment Outcome , Vascular System Injuries/diagnosis , Vascular System Injuries/epidemiology , Wounds, Gunshot/diagnosis , Wounds, Gunshot/epidemiology , Wounds, Nonpenetrating/diagnosis , Wounds, Nonpenetrating/epidemiology , Wounds, Stab/diagnosis , Wounds, Stab/epidemiologyABSTRACT
The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma's Advanced Trauma Life Support Course is currently taught in 50 countries. The 8th edition has been revised following broad input by the International ATLS subcommittee. Graded levels of evidence were used to evaluate and approve changes to the course content. New materials related to principles of disaster management have been added. ATLS is a common language teaching one safe way of initial trauma assessment and management.
