Practise Advanced Trauma Life Support® (ATLS®) Student Course with a short sample and answer explanations. These are independent learning materials, not official exam questions or a pass prediction.
Exam outline and official sources
American College of Surgeons (ACS), Committee on Trauma · ATLS 11, the 2025 curriculum revision, verified against the ACS public course outline and 2026 Student Course listing on 2026-10-12. The workbook label 'Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Certification' maps to successful completion and verification of the ACS ATLS Student Course, which includes a multiple-choice examination and an evaluated initial-assessment simulation. It is not evidenced as a separately named board-certification examination. The assigned slug is preserved. The consulted 2026 activity opens 2026-01-01 and expires 2026-12-31; these are activity availability dates, not a universal syllabus effective date. Public examination-domain weights are not stated.
This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.
- ATLS 11 - Traditional 2.5 Day Course English (Non-CME)
- Advanced Trauma Life Support
- Trauma Care Gets Major Upgrade with Launch of ATLS 11
- ATLS 11
- ATLS Program and Courses
- Royal Children's Hospital Trauma Service: Airway management
- Royal Children's Hospital: Thoracocentesis and chest drain insertion
- The European guideline on management of major bleeding and coagulopathy following trauma: sixth edition
- WSES guidelines on blunt and penetrating bowel injury: diagnosis, investigations, and treatment
- Glasgow Coma Scale Assessment Aid
- Glasgow Coma Scale: Frequently Asked Questions
- ACS Best Practices Guidelines: The Management of Traumatic Brain Injury
- Royal Children's Hospital Trauma Service: Circulation management
- ACS TQIP Best Practices in the Management of Orthopaedic Trauma
- American Burn Association: Guidelines for Burn Patient Referral
- American Burn Association: One-page Guidelines for Burn Patient Referral
- EAST: Trauma in pregnancy, 2025 practice management guideline
- ACS Releases Revised Best Practices Guidelines in Geriatric Trauma Management
- Public Health Agency of Canada: Trauma and violence-informed approaches to policy and practice
- ACS TQIP Best Practices for Palliative Care
- WHO: Interagency Integrated Triage Tool
- EAU Guidelines on Urological Trauma: Urogenital Trauma Guidelines
- University of Iowa: Assessment and Management of Ocular Trauma
Advanced Trauma Life Support® (ATLS®) Student Course
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An adult arrives with blood rapidly pooling from a deep thigh wound. The patient speaks clearly and has no visible respiratory distress. Which action best reflects the initial priority in ATLS 11?
Advanced Trauma Life Support® (ATLS®) Student Course
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Initial assessment and resuscitation
Primary-survey framework
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