Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses® (ATCN®)

Description

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ATCN FOR NURSES

Injured patients present a wide range of complex problems. Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses® (ATCN®) is an advanced course designed for the registered nurse interested in increasing their knowledge in management of the multiple trauma patient. The ATCN® course is taught concurrently with the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Advanced Trauma Life Support® (ATLS®). ATCN® was developed to teach established standards of care and practical, life saving skills. This advanced trauma course is designed for nurses working in emergency departments, ICUs, medical surgical floors or operating rooms who wish to increase their knowledge and practical skills in managing multiple trauma patients. The ATCN® program has been operational for over 15 years and has an excellent record of offering a superb trauma educational program and maintaining a positive collaboration with the ACS Committee on Trauma State Chapters.

ATCN® Skill stations include:

• Initial Assessment and Management


• Airway and Ventilatory Management


• Pediatric Trauma


• Hemorrhagic Shock


• Musculoskeletal & Spinal Trauma


• Head Trauma

The Skill Stations are based on an interactive "hands-on: scenario-based approach" to adult education. The practical testing stations allow the ATCN® students to demonstrate the application of ATLS® and ATCN® information on a moulaged patient. Participants will receive an ATCN® manual. There are no prerequisites for the full certification course. For a renewal course, your certification must be current. Please note, this course is designed for nurses. Practical skills stations and testing by ATCN® faculty and lectures by ATLS® faculty.

If registration is received after August 30th, please note your manual may not be mailed out but be available at registration on the day of the event. You will still need to complete the online pre-assessment portion of the class before coming.

Need to register for Advanced Trauma Life Support® (ATLS®) instead?
Click here to register for ATLS®

A Note on Credits

ATCN
The Society of Trauma Nurses is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. The ATCN® Student Course has been awarded 17 contact hours to students who attend the entire course. Partial credits are not available.

Student Course Manual

All participants are expected to bring with them an ATCN® 10th Edition Student Course Manual. Registration fees include the 10th Edition Manual and shipping. Every effort will be made to deliver these materials prior to the course.

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Lodging

MAHEC has negotiated reduced rates with several local hotels. More information can be found here.

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Target Audience

Nurses | This course targets experienced nurses practicing in the following areas: pre-hospital and aeromedical, emergency departments, surgical intensive care units and operating rooms.

Objectives

• Assess the patient's condition rapidly and accurately
• Perform a primary assessment and resuscitation with decision to transfer on a priority basis
• Discuss indications for and treatment goals with nursing responsibilities for various adjuncts, management techniques of hemorrhagic shock, head trauma, spine and extremity trauma and special management considerations of managing pediatric trauma
• Perform a comprehensive secondary assessment

Faculty

• Michael Schurr, MD