Courses

Definitive Surgical Trauma Care Course (DSTC)  – Surgical decision-making in complex scenarios, Operative technique in critically ill trauma patients, Hands on practical experience with experienced instructors (both national and international), Insight into difficult trauma situations with learned techniques of haemorrhage control and the ability to handle major thoracic, cardiac and abdominal injuries.

The Disaster Management & Emergency Preparedness course (DMEP) emphasizes an all-hazards approach, demonstrating that many principles apply to disasters of all kinds, regardless of specific mechanism. Surgical problems, and the role of surgeons in disasters, are emphasized, even with nonsurgical forms of injury.

STOP THE BLEED^® is the result of a collaborative effort led by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS COT) to bring knowledge of bleeding control to the public. The ACS COT, and specifically the EMS subcommittee with its many collaborative relationships, provided the perfect environment for this program to grow into the critical success that it is today.