TY - JOUR
T1 - The European Trauma Course (ETC) and the team approach
T2 - past, present and future
AU - Lott, Carsten
AU - Araujo, Rui
AU - Cassar, Mary Rose
AU - Di Bartolomeo, Stefano
AU - Driscoll, Peter
AU - Esposito, Ivan
AU - Gomes, Ernestina
AU - Goode, Peter
AU - Gwinnutt, Carl
AU - Huepfl, Michael
AU - Lippert, Freddy
AU - Nardi, Giuseppe
AU - Robinson, David
AU - Roessler, Markus
AU - Davis, Mike
AU - Thies, Karl-Christian
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The European Trauma Course (ETC) was officially launched during the international conference of the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) in 2008. The ETC was developed on behalf of ESTES (European Society of Trauma and Emergency Surgery), EuSEM (European Society of Emergency Medicine), the ESA (European Society of Anaesthesiology) and the ERC. The objective of the ETC is to provide an internationally recognised and certified life support course, and to teach healthcare professionals the key principles of the initial care of severely injured patients. Its core elements, that differentiates it from other trauma courses, are a strong focus on team training and a novel modular design that is adaptable to the differing regional European requirements. This article describes the lessons learnt during the European Trauma Course development and provides an outline of the planned future development.
AB - The European Trauma Course (ETC) was officially launched during the international conference of the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) in 2008. The ETC was developed on behalf of ESTES (European Society of Trauma and Emergency Surgery), EuSEM (European Society of Emergency Medicine), the ESA (European Society of Anaesthesiology) and the ERC. The objective of the ETC is to provide an internationally recognised and certified life support course, and to teach healthcare professionals the key principles of the initial care of severely injured patients. Its core elements, that differentiates it from other trauma courses, are a strong focus on team training and a novel modular design that is adaptable to the differing regional European requirements. This article describes the lessons learnt during the European Trauma Course development and provides an outline of the planned future development.
U2 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.06.023
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.06.023
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0300-9572
VL - 80
SP - 1192
EP - 1196
JO - Resuscitation
JF - Resuscitation
IS - 10
ER -