Trauma is one of the major causes of mortality and presents a worldwide problem. When approachig a trauma patient on the scene, safety is a priority. The emegency services use anything at their disposal within their range of knowledg to help a trauma patient. It is important to classify the injuries that the patients sustained in order to provide the most effective treatment. Patients that suffered trauma may also experience a traumatic cardiorespiratory arrest. In that case an algorithm for basic life support should be employed. This consists of opening the airway, providing rescue breaths and providing accurate chest compressions. With basic life support, an automated external defibrilator (AED) device can also be used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias related to cardiorespiratory arrest. There are six steps of trauma care, which are triage, primary survey with resuscitation, secondary survey, stabilization, transfer and definitive care. The trauma care can be provided in hospitals designed as trauma centers. Most high level centers are located in urban areas where they can provide all levels of care. Rural (non-urban) areas have lower level trauma centers. Those patients that cannot be cared for at those trauma centers shoud be transferred to a higher level one that is capable of adequately treating their injuries.