To be effective with trauma victims in a hospital, it is essential that a nurse knows the safe and reliable method for immediate treatment of injured patients. The basic knowledge necessary to assess a patient’s condition rapidly and accurately, to resuscitate and stabilize a patient according to priority, to determine whether a patient’s needs exceed a facility’s resources and a healthcare provider capabilities, to arrange appropriately for a patient’s inter-hospital transfer (what, who, when and how), to ensure that optimal care is provided and the level of care does not deteriorate at any point during the evaluation, resuscitation or transfer process.