{"id":22940,"date":"2014-01-31T11:55:56","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T11:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homeobook.com\/?p=22940"},"modified":"2021-10-18T10:42:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T10:42:04","slug":"immediate-trauma-life-support-itls-course-at-cochin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeobook.com\/immediate-trauma-life-support-itls-course-at-cochin\/","title":{"rendered":"Immediate Trauma Life Support (ITLS) Course at Cochin"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Examinations2\"<\/a>Organized by The Trauma Life Support Society of India<\/strong> under the joint aegis of The Kerala Orthopaedic Association & The Cochin Surgical Society, ITLS course is conducted every six months at the Ernakulam Medical Centre hospital.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The aim of the society is to integrate the life support services of all the trauma related departments and impart appropriate training. Keeping abreast of current concepts and the restraints particular to this part of the subcontinent, the society plans to impart uniform and standardized training to those participating in these workshops.<\/p>\n

The programme is aimed at<\/strong> all those doctors who are actually responsible for the initial evaluation, resuscitation and management of trauma victims. Surgical, Orthopaedic and Anaesthetic registrars will find this course very useful. However, it is aimed primarily at the Casualty Medical Officer and the intesivists who are at the forefront of actually implementing life support to trauma victims.<\/p>\n

The course
\n<\/strong>The course is being organized on the lines of the internationally acclaimed Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course and there will be lectures on the principles of Initial Trauma Care by eminent faculty (mostly ATLS trained). By far the stress will be on hands-on training of the delegates on models and animal torsos. All major emergency procedures listed below will be performed by each delegate.<\/p>\n