ATLS Advanced Trauma Life Support 11th Edition

ATLS serves more than 50,000 learners annually in 80+ countries. As the premier trauma education course, it plays a vital role in strengthening trauma systems at both state and national levels. The 11th edition has been updated to ensure global applicability, with the goal of expanding its reach to additional providers and further enhancing patient care worldwide.

More than 200 trauma experts and educators from more than 20 countries contributed to a comprehensive redesign of the curriculum, which reimagines and reorganizes every element to meet the evolving needs of today’s trauma care providers.

This new version reflects changes designed to enhance the educational content and visual presentation of the previous edition. All ATLS course types, including Traditional, Hybrid, Refresher, and Instructor courses, will include the revised content

One of the most significant changes is refining the Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, Exposure (ABCDE) approach to assess and treat trauma patients. For certain patients, rapid control of exsanguinating external hemorrhage is lifesaving. To reflect this additional focus, the letter “x” was added to the beginning of the well-known ATLS mnemonic. ABCDE is now xABCDE.