Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN®)

Description

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.

During the ATLS® skill and testing stations, the nurses are separated from the physician group and directed through ATCN® skill stations. 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.

A NOTE ON CREDITS

ATLS

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.


In order to accommodate these requirements, process your registration, provide you with a manual and the link to take the pre-test in a timely manner, registration for this course will close promptly at 5:00 pm, on September 28, 2025

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Target Audience

Phsicians, APPs, and Residents. Additionally, for audit purposes only: Nurses, EMS, EMTs and Paramedics.

Objectives

• Assess the patient's condition rapidly and accurately
• Resuscitate and stabilize the patient according to priority
• Determine if the patient's needs exceed a facility's capabilities
• Arrange appropriately for the patient's definitive care
• Ensure that optimum care is provided