ATLS 10th edition FAQs

1. 10th edition course fees

 New edition fee payable once: £500
 Registration fee payable to RCS per delegate: £150
 Hard copy of X-rays TBC – please notify us if you are planning to purchase
hard copy of X-rays. Pre-order is required.
 Access to Faculty resources for existing faculty will be free of charge.

2. Planning for the 10th edition

 We recommend that centres book facilities for three days for their first 10th
edition course; although ATLS 10th edition is a 2-day course, booking one
extra day will allow you to set up and organise a faculty meeting the day
before the course: a minimum of 2-3 hours is required for the faculty meeting.
 Courses held from September 2018, which are registered with us as 9th
edition 3-day courses, will be changed by us to 10th edition course. You will
soon be able to set up 10th edition courses via the RCC. We will notify you
when this function is available.
 Programme templates, Scenario station guides and other necessary
resources will be ready in March.

3. What are the main differences between 9th edition and 10th edition
courses?
 Duration: 10th edition is a 2-day face to face course but delegates have to
complete online modules prior to the course
 Lectures replaced by online modules; approximately 15 hours of pre-course
learning
 Skills stations are scenario based and are called Scenario Stations in the 10th
edition (Airway Scenario, Breathing scenario, etc.)
 10th edition resources for faculty and delegates are electronic
 Assessment methods, moulage and triage sessions have not changed
(however some of the moulage and triage scenarios have been updated)
 New MCQs but the pass score is still 28/40 and 32/40 for IPs
 Pre-test MCQ paper is hosted on RCS VLE and needs to be completed online

4. 10th edition resources for delegates on ATLS provider and reverification

courses
 Online modules accessible via RCS VLE (Moodle) for the duration of the 10th
edition
 PDF of the manual available on RCS VLE (Moodle)
  ATLS App

5. 10th edition resources for delegates on the Instructor course

 Webcast from the update day
 Toolbox at £125 per delegate
 Resources developed by RCS

6. 10th edition resources for faculty

 Faculty Toolbox developed by ACS – this replaces the faculty manual
 Access to parts or all of the online modules via Toolbox
 UK faculty resources developed by the RCS and the ATLS Steering Group
 Access to faculty resources will be free of charge to existing faculty who will
need to update to the 10th edition prior to receiving access to resources

7. How can instructors update to the 10th edition?

 We are developing an update course for instructors consisting of:
 Webcast from the Update day broken into sessions
 Assessment developed by ACS
 Instructors will be notified when this is ready and they will have to complete
both aspects of the update
 Completion will be automatically registered on our database
 Instructors who have attended the update day or watched the webcast will not
be required to watch it again but they will have to complete the assessment

8. Observing or teaching on a 10th edition course

If you would like to teach or observe a 10th edition course, please get in touch
with our pilot centres to enquire about availability. You can find contact details on
the RCS website – please look for 2-day courses.

9. Online modules
 Replacement for lectures
 Mandatory completion 24 hours before the start of the course at the latest
 Access to RCS VLE (Moodle) will be given to delegates when the co-ordinator
adds and saves the individual delegates to the participant list on the RCC
 Delegates will be sent a notification with the Moodle login instructions when
they are saved to the participant list

10. How can co-ordinators track delegates’ progress with eLearning?

 A set of automated notifications to co-ordinators will be implemented:
 Notifying you when delegates receive notification with Moodle login
details
 4 and 2 weeks before the course, notifying you about delegates who
have not logged in
 1 week before the course notifying you about delegates who have not
logged in or completed the eLearning
 48 hours before the course notifying you about delegates who have not
completed the eLearning
  24 hours before the course notifying you about delegates who have
completed eLearning in full and those who have not completed the
eLearning and will not be participating in the face to face course

11. Do the co-ordinators need to remind delegates about the completion of

mandatory online modules?
We will implement a set of notifications to remind delegates about completion but
it would be helpful if you could contact them too, especially those who have not
completed or logged into the eLearning one week and 48 hrs before the course.

12. Can I run a 10th edition course before September 2018?

We had invited centres in December to apply to run a pilot between February
and end of May and the majority of applicants have been accepted. We have
scheduled 10 pilots to date. Centres holding courses in June and July can
enquire about running a 10th edition pilot.

13. How do I register ATLS 10th edition course?

We are working with the IT team to enable you to register 10 th edition courses
with us via the RCC. This function should be ready in March.

14. Can a 9th edition course be changed to a 10th edition course?

Yes, we will be able to change your 9th edition course to 10th edition course on
our database.

15. How many faculty are required for the 10th edition course?
 Faculty to delegate ratio will remain the same, 1 faculty to 2 delegates plus
the course director, however we strongly recommend having extra faculty to
allow for much needed breaks:
 10 faculty plus the CD for 16 delegate course
 12 faculty plus the CD for 20 delegate course
 14 faculty plus the CD for 24 delegate course
 Instructor candidates are not included in the core faculty numbers and you
can have a maximum of 4 Instructor candidates per course.
 Recertifying instructors (RI) are included in the core faculty and count towards
the minimum numbers required to run a course. There is no upper limit of RIs
per course – this will be at the course centre’s discretion.
 Faculty teaching on a 10th edition course for the first time must be present for
the whole course; this is strongly recommended for all ATLS courses.

16. Can I run 10th edition reverification course before I run 10th edition
provider?
No, you should first run 10th edition provider course prior to running a
reverification course but we will be happy to look at individual requests.

17. Will selection of IPs change?

No, but the IP form will slightly change to reflect changes to the course.
18. Will instructor candidacy and recertification process change?
No, but the forms will be updated to reflect changes to the course. Note that
Instructor candidates are not counted towards the core faculty numbers in the
10th edition.

19. Can I have ICs and RIs on my first 10th edition course?
Yes

20. Will you provide the equipment list?

The equipment list for each scenario station is included in the scenario station
guides; equipment for moulage has not changed but a full list will be available.

21. Can we have nurse observers on the course?

Yes, you can but please remember that there are no lectures on the course and
we will not be able to give access to 10th edition student resources to observers.