The Definitive Surgical Trauma Care (DSTC) course has been developed for surgeons who may be faced with the definitive care of a patient with multiple injuries. Since best possible in-hospital care needs a coordinated multimodal approach by an informed and trained team and in most settings the in-hospital team of acute trauma care will consist of nursing staff, surgeons, anaesthetists and intensivists, the Definitive Anaesthetic Trauma Care (DATC) course has been developed in order to help anaesthetists and intensivists to…