Koorosh Ahmadi,Mohammad Sedaghat,Mahdi Safdarian,Amir Masoud Hashemian,Zahra Nezamdoust,Mohammad Vaseie,Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar.[J].Chin J Traumatol,2013,16(1):145-148. [doi]
Effect of Advanced Trauma Life Support program on medical interns' performance in simulated trauma patient management
  
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KeyWord: Advanced Trauma Life Support Care  Knowledge  Inservice training  Wounds and injuries
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Koorosh Ahmadi Emergency Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran 
Mohammad Sedaghat Emergency Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 
Mahdi Safdarian 5th Year Medical Student, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 
Amir Masoud Hashemian Emergency Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran 
Zahra Nezamdoust Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Researcher in Private Practice, Tehran, Iran 
Mohammad Vaseie General Practitioner, Medical Researcher in Private Practice, Tehran, Iran 
Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Research Centre for Neural Repair, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran 
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      Objective: Since appropriate and timetable methods in trauma care have an important impact on patients’ outcome, we evaluated the effect of Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) program on medical interns' performance in simulated trauma patient management. Methods: A descriptive and analytical study before and after the training was conducted on 24 randomly selected undergraduate medical interns from Imam Reza Hospital in Mashhad, Iran. On the first day, we assessed interns' clinical knowledge and their practical skill performance in confronting simulated trauma patients. After 2 days of ATLS training, we performed the same study and evaluated their score again on the fourth day. The two findings, preand post- ATLS periods, were compared through SPSS version 15.0 software. P values less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results: Our findings showed that interns’ ability in all the three tasks improved after the training course. On the fourth day after training, there was a statistically significant increase in interns' clinical knowledge of ATLS procedures, the sequence of procedures and skill performance in trauma situations (P<0.001, P=0.016 and P=0.01 respectively). Conclusion: ATLS course has an important role in increasing clinical knowledge and practical skill performance of trauma care in medical interns.
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