Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS)

Course Content

This course aims to improve the quality of trauma care and decrease mortality. The program is based on a prehospital trauma care philosophy, stressing the treatment of the multi-system trauma patient as a unique entity with specific needs.

This course is relevant to:

Appropriate for EMTs
Paramedics
Nurses
Physician assistants
Doctors
Combat Med Technicians
RM/RN Medical Assistants
Firefighters
Coastguard personnel
People aspiring to work offshore in the gas, oil and windfarm industry, and maritime industry

The syllabus includes:

Physiology of life and death

Scene assessment

Patient assessment

Airway

Breathing, ventilation and oxygenation

Circulation, haemorrhage and shock

Patients with disabilities

Patient simulations

Entry Criteria

Provider Course: 16 hour course for EMTs Paramedics, Nurses, Doctors

Refresher Course: 8 hour classroom course for individuals who have successfully completed the 16 hour PHTLS provider course within the last 4 years.

PHTLS training for First Responders: 8-hour classroom course accessible to first responders, Emergency Medical Responders, firefighters, rescue personnel and law enforcement officers.

Certification

Certificate of completion valid for 4 years