Trauma Education

Grady’s Trauma Program is committed to providing healthcare providers with access to world-class trauma education. We offer education to surrounding communities, partnering hospitals, and our employees with the goal of enhancing trauma care across the state and region.

Courses We Offer

The Advanced Burn Life Support (ABLS) Provider Course is an eight-hour course designed for physicians, nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, therapists, firefighters/EMTs, and paramedics. This live, hands-on course is designed to provide the “how-to” of emergency care of the burn patient through the first 24-hour critical time period. Following a series of lectures, case studies are presented for group discussions. An opportunity to work with a simulated burn patient to reinforce the assessment, stabilization, and the American Burn Association transfer criteria to a Burn Center will be provided. Testing consists of a written exam and a practical assessment.

Course Objectives:

• Evaluate a patient with a serious burn
• Define the magnitude and severity of the injury
• Identify and establish priorities of treatment
• Manage the airway and support ventilation
• Initiate and monitor fluid resuscitation
• Apply correct methods of physiological monitoring
• Determine which patients should be transferred to a burn center
• Organize and conduct the inter-hospital transfer of a seriously injured burn patient

Advanced Burn Life Support (ABLS) Provider Course

• December 18, 2023

Click HERE to register online.

For information on additional dates, please email [email protected].

Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN) is an advanced course designed for the registered nurse interested in increasing his/her knowledge in the management of multiple trauma patients.

Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN) Hybrid Course

• February 15, 2023

Click HERE to register online. For information on additional dates or to register, please email [email protected].

The Advanced Trauma Life Support^® (ATLS) course can teach you a systematic, concise approach to the care of a trauma patient. The program was developed by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Committee on Trauma (COT).

2024:  (all courses pending confirmed scheduling)

• January 26 – Instructor
• March 21 – Hybrid
• April 18 – Refresher
• May 16 – Hybrid
• September 26 – Hybrid
• October 17 – Refresher

Click HERE to register online. For information on additional dates, please email [email protected].

Participants in the Basic Endovascular Skills for Trauma (BEST) course* learn endovascular techniques such as resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) to temporize life-threatening hemorrhage. This course is for physicians and advanced providers.

For information on dates, please email [email protected].

Rural trauma has been termed the “neglected disease” of the 21st century. Rural Trauma Team Development Course (RTTDC™) has been developed to improve the quality of care in rural communities by developing a timely, organized, and systemic response to the care of the trauma patient. The course emphasizes a team approach to address common problems in the initial assessment and stabilization of the injured. Grady’s trauma education team will travel to your facility to conduct this interdisciplinary course.

Click HERE to request a course.

With three quick actions, anyone can be trained to save a life. The number one cause of preventable death after a traumatic injury is uncontrolled bleeding. That’s why we have certified Grady instructors who can train you on how to Stop The Bleed.

Please email [email protected] if you are interested in Stop The Bleed training.

Every second counts when stabilizing life-threatening trauma cases. This course, taught by qualified Grady nurses, prepares you with the knowledge, critical thinking skills, and hands-on training needed to provide high-quality trauma nursing care. After completing this course, you will be able to properly assess and implement evidence-based interventions to improve outcomes for your patients.

2024:  (all courses pending confirmed scheduling)

• January 25-26
• February 22-23
• March 21-22
• April 25-26
• May 9-10

Click HERE to register online. For information on additional dates, please email [email protected].

Grady’s Trauma Education team offers courses to train caretakers at all levels, from support staff to nursing and advanced practice providers, and physicians, and the general public. Courses can range from single-day training for individual providers to multi-week programs.

For more information about our offerings, please email [email protected].