European Trauma Course · Austria
The European Trauma Course (ETC) trains medical teams to manage critically injured patients in those first, critical minutes. Built on realistic simulation and international standards, it sharpens teamwork, communication and clinical decisions that outcomes depend on.
max. 2 : 1 participants per instructor · intensive, hands-on training in small groups
Our upcoming courses are held in-house at Austrian hospitals. To ask about places — or about hosting a course at your own institution — just email us.
The European Trauma Course is an internationally recognised course for the initial management of critically injured patients. It combines evidence-based medicine with human factors, crisis resource management and realistic simulation — so teams don't just learn what to do, they practise doing it together under pressure.
Most courses teach trauma management. The ETC is built so that everyone gets to practise it — with the time, attention and feedback that real skill takes.
No ETC course ever exceeds a 2:1 ratio, and in practice it's often closer to 1:1. No one is left watching from the back: everyone gets hands-on time at every station, individual feedback, and the space to master each skill before moving on.
Before every course, the instructors meet and work through the entire course themselves — hands-on, station by station — fine-tuning how they'll teach each part. By the time you arrive, every detail is prepared and rehearsed, so you can spend the whole course learning.
It's this care in how the course is taught — not just what's in it — that sets the ETC apart.
The ETC is for healthcare professionals who care for critically injured patients — and for anyone wanting to sharpen their trauma management skills.
Realistic scenarios and case-based training, not lectures.
Participants train as one multidisciplinary trauma team.
Teaching follows the internationally established ETC curriculum.
Individual, immediate feedback at every station.
Questions about a course? For general questions, or to organise a course at your institution, just email us — we're happy to help.
