Advanced Trauma Life Support (Provider) Sligo
€125/€1,095
The Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Provider course was developed by clinicians and educators to teach the principles of initial management of major trauma.
CPD
2 days
In person - Part-time
29 CPD
18 September 2025
About
This intensive, interactive course is intended to teach a systematic approach to the management of the trauma patient through interactive discussions, skills teaching and simulated patient management scenarios (moulages).
You will receive the ATLS Provider course manual and access to the ATLS learning platform where 13 one-hour modules must be completed prior to being allowed attend the two-day face-to-face course. There are continuous assessments throughout the course culminating in an end-of-course MCQ and moulage assessment.
ATLS is taught by clinicians who are experienced in trauma care and who have each both completed and excelled on the Provider course to the level that they have been invited to attend the ATLS Instructor course (a special educational course to optimise their teaching skills).
Each student will have the benefit of a mentor and faculty will be present throughout the course to help with any queries. On successful completion of the course, you will be issued with an ATLS Provider Certificate which is valid for four years from the date of the course.
This Advanced Trauma Life Support (Provider) course takes place at The Clayton Hotel, Sligo.
Suitable for
Those eligible to apply for a course are SHOs, registrars, non-career middle grades, specialist registrars and consultants involved in trauma care.
You must be practicing in Ireland and registered with the Medical Council of Ireland.
Priority for selection for a course will be given to those in trauma-receiving hospitals in the specialities of emergency medicine, anaesthesiology, trauma and orthopaedic surgery, and general surgery, but others in less frontline specialties involved in trauma care are welcome to apply.
Applications are not accepted from interns.
Course information
National Director, ATLS Ireland
Mr Fergal Hickey, Emeritus Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Sligo University Hospital
Current ATLS course centres
- Dublin –
- RCSI
- Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
- St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin
- Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin
- Cork – University College Cork
- Drogheda – Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda
- Kilkenny – (run by University Hospital Waterford)
- Limerick – University Hospital, Limerick
- Sligo –
- Sligo University Hospital
- The Clayton Hotel, Sligo
The ATLS Instructor course is held annually. Those invited to attend the Instructor course have been recommended as instructor potential (IP) based on their performance on the Provider course. Only candidates recommended as having IP can apply for the ATLS Instructor course.
Eligibility for selection as IP
You must attend a full ATLS Provider course to be eligible for consideration as an IP. It is not possible to attend as a reverification candidate and be recommended as an IP. Should you perform particularly well as a reverification candidate, you should be offered the opportunity to attend a full Provider course at an appropriate time, if you are keen to be an instructor.
The qualities required in a suitable IP candidate include definite commitment to the programme, an excellent core knowledge, supportiveness of fellow candidates, demonstration of good teaching and communications skills, and credibility. To be credible, we have adopted the position that a candidate must be in one of the following grades to be considered:
- A consultant in a specialty dealing with major trauma.
- A Higher Specialist Registrar (SpR) in a specialty dealing with major trauma.
a. In anaesthesiology this is a SAT 4 or higher.
b. In surgery this is a SAT 4 or higher.
c. In emergency medicine this is a Specialist Registrar Year 1 or higher. - A general practitioner who has a demonstrable commitment to and involvement in major trauma care.
- A permanent non-career grade doctor in a specialty dealing with major trauma e.g. an associate emergency physician, associate specialist or staff grade.
- A doctor pursuing specialist registration through a non-training scheme route in a specialty dealing with major trauma who is in the active process of making such an application to the Medical Council.
- An Irish Defence Forces military doctor liable for overseas deployment with a demonstrable commitment to and potential involvement in major trauma care.
Upon successful completion of the Instructor course, the instructor candidate must attend one Provider course as an instructor candidate (IC) to complete their teaching requirement to become a full ATLS Instructor. To maintain ATLS Instructor status, instructors must teach a minimum of one course each year or four in a reverification cycle.
Admissions
Course allocations
- There are 20 places available on each course.
- There are a limited number of ATLS Provider courses held annually in Ireland, thus there is a high demand for places.
- Places are not allocated on a ‘first-come, first-served’ basis – instead, set criteria based on specialty, location, grade and reason for application are used to determine place allocations.
- All correspondence relating to the ATLS Provider course will be sent by email.
- Places will be allocated approximately eight weeks prior to a course date.
- You will have five days from issuing of offers to accept a place on a Provider course and full payment will be required at the time of accepting a place. Failure to adhere to these requirements will result in the place being offered to another applicant.
Reverification
You should recertify your ATLS Provider status every four years. To retain a current status in the ATLS programme, you must reverify within a six month timeframe – three months before your status expires to three months after expiration date. You should contact the ATLS National Coordinator at nationalatlsco-ordinator@rcsi.ie for details of reverification at that time.
Fees
The fee for a doctor to attend an ATLS Provider course is €1,095. The fee to attend as a nurse observer and paramedic is €125.
Cancellation policy
A refund, less 20%, will be made if written notice of withdrawal is received more than six weeks prior to the course date. However, ATLS Ireland cannot provide a refund if online modules have been accessed.
Should you need to cancel your place within the cancellation period please email your site coordinator.
Payment policy
Payments for this course must be made by credit card only. CPD-SS vouchers cannot be applied at the checkout for this course, as this course is not offered as part of the CPD Support Scheme.
How to apply
Apply now
You can submit an online application by clicking the 'apply now' button.
Please use your existing RCSI CPD Hub credentials when applying and ensure you read the ATLS terms and conditions document above before you begin an application.