Ethics in Trauma Training

In 2007, PCRM began a nationwide survey of programs that offer ATLS courses. Because of the large number of programs in the United States the survey is ongoing, but the results thus far have been encouraging. See the current results below.

Live Animal Use for Advanced Trauma Life Support Courses in U.S. and Canadian Programs: An Ongoing Survey
Updated: Oct. 30, 2009

Programs Using Live Animals for ATLS Courses (11)

• Baystate Medical Center – Springfield, MA
• Elvis Presley Memorial Trauma Center – Memphis, TN
• Hartford Hospital – Hartford, CT
• Hotel Dieu Hospital, Queen’s University – Kingston, ON
• Massachusetts General Hospital – Boston, MA
• MeritCare Hospital/North Dakota State University– Fargo, ND
• The Ottawa Hospital – Ottawa, ON
• Tulane Life Support – New Orleans, LA
• University of Massachusetts Medical School – Worcester, MA
• University of Texas Medical Branch – Galveston, TX
• Vanderbilt University – Nashville, TN

Programs Using Nonanimal Models for ATLS Courses (197)

• Akron City Hospital – Akron, OH
• Albany Medical College – Albany, NY
• Allegheny General Hospital – Pittsburgh, PA
• Altoona Hospital - Altoona, PA
• AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center – Atlantic City, NJ
• Barnes-Jewish Hospital – St. Louis, MO
• Baylor University Medical Center – Dallas, TX
• Bellevue Hospital – New York, NY
• Berkshire Medical Center – Pittsfield, MA
• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center – Boston, MA
• Bethesda North Hospital – Cincinnati, OH
• Borgess Medical Center – Kalamazoo, MI
• Boston University School of Medicine – Boston, MA
• Brigham and Women’s Hospital – Boston, MA
• Bristol Regional Medical Center – Bristol, TN
• Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University – Greenville, NC
• Bronson Methodist Hospital – Kalamazoo, MI
• CAMC Life Support Training Center – Charleston, WV
• Carle Foundation Hospital – Urbana, IL
• Carolina’s Medical Center – Charlotte, NC
• Cedars Sinai Medical Center - Los Angeles, CA
• Central Ohio Trauma System – Columbus, OH
• Christ Hospital and Medical Center – Chicago, IL
• Christiana Hospital – Newark, DE
• Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center – Cincinnati, OH
• Cooper Hospital – Camden, NJ
• Cowichan District Hospital – Duncan, BC
• Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center – Lebanon, NH
• Deaconess Hospital – Evansville, IN
• Deaconess Medical Center – Spokane, WA
• Denver Health Medical Center – Denver, CO
• Detroit Receiving Hospital – Detroit, MI
• Duluth Clinic – Duluth, MN
• Eastern Maine Medical Center – Bangor, ME
• East Texas Medical Center, Tyler, TX
• Emmanuel Hospital – Portland, OR
• Emory University – Atlanta, GA
• Erlanger Hospital – Chattanooga, TN
• Flagstaff Medical Center – Flagstaff, AZ
• Geisinger Medical Center – Danville, PA
• George E. Moerkirk Emergency Medicine Center at Lehigh Valley Hospital Center – Allentown, PA
• Good Samaritan Hospital - Dowers Grove, IL
• Good Samaritan Hospital – Kearney, NE
• Grand Rapids Medical Education and Research Center - Grand Rapids, MI
• Greenville Hospital – Greenville, SC
• Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center – La Crosse, WI
• Hahnemann Medical College at Drexel University – Philadelphia, PA
• Hamot Medical Center – Erie, PA
• Harborview Medical Center – Seattle, WA
• Harlem Hospital - New York, NY
• Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital – Fort Worth, TX
• Hays Medical Center – Hays, KS
• Hennepin County Medical Center – Minneapolis, MN
• Henry Ford Hospital – Detroit, MI
• Hermann Hospital – Houston, TX
• Hershey Medical Center – Hershey, PA
• Hilltop Church - Sioux Falls, SD
• Holston Valley Hospital – Kingsport, TN
• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, PA
• Huntsville Hospital - Huntsville, AL
• Hurley Medical Center – Flint, MI
• Idaho State University – Boise, ID
• Idaho State University – Pocatello, ID
• Illinois Masonic Medical Center – Chicago, IL
• Intermountain Medical Center – Murray, UT
• Iowa Health – Des Moines, IA
• Iowa Methodist Medical Center – Des Moines, IA
• Jacobi Hospital Center – Bronx, NY
• Jamaica Hospital Center – Jamaica, NY
• John C. Lincoln Hospital – Dunlap, AZ
• John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County - Chicago, IL
• Johnson City Medical Center - Johnson City, TN
• JPS Health Network - Fort Worth, TX
• Kern Medical Center – Bakersfield, CA
• Kings County Hospital Center – Brooklyn, NY
• Labette County Medical Center – Parsons, KS
• LDS Hospital - Salt Lake City, UT
• Lincoln Hospital – Bronx, NY
• Loma Linda University Medical Center - Loma Linda, CA
• Loyola University – Chicago, IL
• Maine Medical Center – Portland, ME
• Maricopa Medical Center – Phoenix, AZ
• Marquette General Hospital – Marquette, MI
• Marshfield Clinic – Marshfield, WI
• Mary I. Bassett Hospital – Cooperstown, NY
• Medical Center of Central Georgia – Macon, GA
• Medical Center of the Rockies – Loveland, CO
• Medical College of Georgia – Augusta, GA
• Medical College of Ohio – Toledo, OH
• Medical College of Virginia – Richmond, VA
• Memorial Hospital and Health System – South Bend, IN
• Memorial Medical Center – Savannah, GA
• Memorial Regional Hospital – Hollywood, FL
• Mercy Hospital Medical Center - Des Moines, IA
• Mercy Medical Center - Sioux City, IA
• Methodist Hospital – Indianapolis, IN
• MetroHealth Medical Center – Cleveland, OH
• Miami Valley Hospital – Dayton, OH
• Middletown Regional Hospital – Middletown, OH
• Mission Hospital – Asheville, NC
• Morristown Memorial Hospital – Morristown, NJ
• Moses Cone Hospital Health System – Greensboro, NC
• Mount Sinai Medical Center – Chicago, IL
• Nassau County Medical Center - East Meadow, NY
• New York Hospital - New York, NY
• New York Presbyterian Hospital – New York, NY
• North Memorial Medical Center – Robbinsdale, MN 
• North Mississippi Medical Center – Tupelo, MS
• Poudre Valley Hospital - Fort Collins, CO
• Providence Alaska Medical Center – Anchorage, AK
• Queen Elizabeth II Health Center – Halifax, NS
• R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center – Baltimore, MD
• Regional West Medical Center – Scottsbluff, NE
• Regions Hospital - St. Paul, MN
• Renown Health – Reno, NV
• R.E. Thomason Hospital - El Paso, TX
• Rhode Island Hospital – Providence, RI
• Richland Memorial Hospital – Columbia, SC
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital – New Brunswick, NJ
• Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center – Chicago, IL
• Saint Louis University Medical Center - St. Louis, MO
• Saint Marys Hospital – Rochester, MN
• Salem Hospital – Salem, OR
• San Francisco General Hospital - San Francisco, CA
• Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital – Santa Barbara, CA
• Scott and White Hospital and Clinic – Temple, TX
• Scottsdale Healthcare – Scottsdale, AZ
• Southern Illinois University School of Medicine – Springfield, IL
• St. Alexius Medical Center – Bismarck, ND
• St. Anthony's Hospital – Denver, CO
• St. Charles Medical Center – Bend, OR
• St. Cloud Hospital - St. Cloud, MN
• St. Elizabeth Health Center – Youngstown, OH
• St. Francis Hospital – Peoria, IL
• St. Francis Hospital – Tulsa, OK
• St. John Medical Center - Tulsa, OK
• St. John’s Mercy Regional Health Center – Springfield, MO
• St. John's Mercy Medical Center - St. Louis, MO
• St. Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center – Phoenix, AZ
• St. Lawrence Hospital – Lansing, MI
• St. Luke's Hospital – Bethlehem, PA
• St. Mary's Hospital - Grand Junction, CO
• St. Mary's Medical Center – Huntington, WV
• Stony Brook University Hospital - Stony Brook, NY
• Sunnybrook Health Science Center – Toronto, ON
• SUNY Upstate Medical University – Syracuse, NY
• Tampa General Hospital - Tampa, FL
• Temple University Hospital - Philadelphia, PA
• Texas Tech University – Lubbock, TX
• Tidewater Center for Life Support - Norfolk, VA
• Truman Medical Center - Kansas City, MO
• United Health Services at Wilson Hospital - Johnson City, NY
• University at Buffalo – Buffalo, NY
• University Hospital – Cincinnati, OH
• University Hospitals – Cleveland, OH
• University Medical Center - Fresno, CA
• University Medical Center - Las Vegas, NV
• University Medical Center – Tucson, AZ
• University of Arkansas - Little Rock, AR
• University of California Davis Medical Center – Sacramento, CA
• University of California Irvine Medical Center - Orange, CA
• University of Chicago – Chicago, IL
• University of Florida – Gainesville, FL
• University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics – Iowa City, IA
• University of Kansas Medical Center - Kansas City, KS
• University of Kentucky Medical Center – Lexington, KY
• University of Louisville Hospital – Louisville, KY
• University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey University Hospital – Newark, NJ
• University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI
• University of Mississippi School of Medicine – Jackson, MS
• University of Missouri Health Sciences Center – Columbia, MO
• University of Minnesota Medical School - Duluth, MN
• University of Oklahoma Medical Center – Oklahoma City, OK
• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center – Pittsburgh, PA
• University of Rochester, Rochester NY
• University of Saskatchewan/ Saskatoon ATLS – Saskatoon, SK
• University of South Alabama – Mobile, AL
• University of Tennessee Medical Center – Knoxville, TN
• University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center – Dallas, TX
• University of Toledo Medical Center – Toledo, OH
• University of Utah Hospital - Salt Lake City, UT
• University of Vermont College of Medicine – Burlington, VT
• University of Victoria – Victoria, BC
• University of Virginia Health System – Charlottesville, VA
• University of Wisconsin Hospital – Madison, WI
• Valley Baptist Medical Center – Harlingen, TX
• Via Christi Regional Medical Center – Wichita, KS
• WakeMed – Raleigh, NC
• Washington Hospital Center – Washington, DC
• Wesley Medical Center – Wichita, KS
• Westchester County Medical Center - Valhalla, NY
• West Virginia University Center for Rural Emergency Medicine – Morgantown, WV
• Winthrop-University Hospital - Mineola, NY
• Wishard Memorial Hospital – Indianapolis, IN
• Wyoming Family Practice Center – Casper, WY
• Yale University School of Medicine – New Haven, CT
• York Hospital - York, PA