Battlefield Advanced Trauma Life Support (BATLS) is a military derivation of Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS). Instead of the traditional ABCDE mnemonic for Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, and Exposure for ATLS, the treatment procedure for BATLS is cABCDE, with the initial "c" representing "catastrophic hemorrhage" (massive external bleeding).[1]

References

  1. ^ Hodgetts, TJ; Mahoney, PF; Russell, MQ; Byers, M (Oct 2006). "ABC to <C>ABC: redefining the military trauma paradigm". Emergency Medicine Journal. 23 (10): 745–746. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.039610. PMC 2579588. PMID 16988297.

External links

"Battlefield Advanced Trauma Life Support (BATLS)" (PDF). Retrieved 22 January 2019.


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