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From: "Fred Cartwright"
> ATLS is considered the entry level course. It doesn't
> teach you how to lead a trauma team. Current
> recommendations are that anyone who will be leading a
> team should do an apprentiship under an experienced
> team leader. None of the resus courses teach team
> leadership skills which was very elegantly
> demonstrated by Simon Coopers research in Plymouth.
OK, I accept that ATLS is more doing rather than leading, but ALS always
struck me as a "team leader" type of course. So what did this research from
Plymouth show then?
Adrian
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