ATLS
Advanced Trauma Life Support
At the UK's #1 ATLS Provider Course Centre
Teaching on the shoulders of giants.
The very first ATLS ® course at our centre was taught in 1995. It was only made possible through the insight and dedicated efforts of Dr. Peter Baynham – an anaesthetist at Prince Charles Hospital. Peter realised that the hospital received a significant workload of trauma cases from nearby roads and mountains, yet was poorly prepared for such patients. In 1996, Peter was joined by Harry Stevens, a former deputy Chief Ambulance Officer and the first paramedic to practise in Wales. Harry's vision was to develop a resuscitation training centre to exceed all standards. A decade later, Prince Charles Hospital had the busiest resuscitation training centre in Wales, training more students than any other and with an enviably high pass rate.
That same year, Peter sadly died after an MI. He was 48 years old.
Harry carried on with their joint project, supported by colleagues, mostly trained by him. He spread his philosophy of teaching across the globe, supporting centres in both Africa and the Middle East. He was also appointed the first non-medical senior lecturer at the medical school in Cardiff. In 2014, Harry was appointed MBE – the first such award ever given for services to resuscitation training.
Following a brief illness, Harry died in 2016 at the age of 65, barely weeks after teaching on a course.
Well over 100 ATLS ® courses since the original one, our courses are delivered by those trained by Peter and Harry and by others who now work with us – a family of over 100 staff and instructors – teaching on the shoulders of giants.
Malcolm Jones, Resuscitation & Clinical Skills Manager
and the instructor faculty
The very first ATLS ® course at our centre was taught in 1995. It was only made possible through the insight and dedicated efforts of Dr. Peter Baynham – an anaesthetist at Prince Charles Hospital. Peter realised that the hospital received a significant workload of trauma cases from nearby roads and mountains, yet was poorly prepared for such patients. In 1996, Peter was joined by Harry Stevens, a former deputy Chief Ambulance Officer and the first paramedic to practise in Wales. Harry's vision was to develop a resuscitation training centre to exceed all standards. A decade later, Prince Charles Hospital had the busiest resuscitation training centre in Wales, training more students than any other and with an enviably high pass rate.
That same year, Peter sadly died after an MI. He was 48 years old.
Harry carried on with their joint project, supported by colleagues, mostly trained by him. He spread his philosophy of teaching across the globe, supporting centres in both Africa and the Middle East. He was also appointed the first non-medical senior lecturer at the medical school in Cardiff. In 2014, Harry was appointed MBE – the first such award ever given for services to resuscitation training.
Following a brief illness, Harry died in 2016 at the age of 65, barely weeks after teaching on a course.
Well over 100 ATLS ® courses since the original one, our courses are delivered by those trained by Peter and Harry and by others who now work with us – a family of over 100 staff and instructors – teaching on the shoulders of giants.
Malcolm Jones, Resuscitation & Clinical Skills Manager
and the instructor faculty
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This page is directed at ATLS instructors, not at candidates.
We invite ATLS instructors to join our very large "teaching family" on one of our 16 courses annually, taking place in South Wales. Our courses run on weekdays (Thursday-Friday) and weekends (Saturday-Sunday), with the second day finishing before 16:00. We pair these courses back to back, with the option of doing either course, or both, as suits each instructor. Course dates for 2020 are as follows: #127: 9-10 Jan, 2020 #128: 11-12 Jan, 2020 #129: 20-21 Feb, 2020 #130: 22-23 Feb, 2020 #131: 23-24 Apr, 2020 #132: 25-26 Apr, 2020 #133: 11-12 Jun, 2020 #134: 13-14 Jun, 2020 #135: 10-11 Sept, 2020 #136: 12-13 Sept, 2020 #137: 8-9 Oct, 2020 #138: 10-11 Oct. 2020 #139: 5-6 Nov, 2020 #140: 7-8 Nov, 2020 #141: 3-4 Dec, 2020 #142: 5-6 Dec, 2020 - Future courses & availability for candidates & faculty - Faculty & candidate feedback - Faculty page with pics & mini-blurbs of all faculty, esp directors, with ATLS history (since when, #done, countries taught in) - How to apply for candidate places - Contact form for new faculty, saying I will call to discuss personally - (hidden) form for faculty to confirm days/hotel nights, etc (I will respond to them with copy of what they sent) - Blog, Twitter, Facebook - News page |
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