Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS)
Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) is an advanced course created to improve the quality of prehospital emergency trauma care. This course is for EMTs, paramedics, nurses, physician assistants, physicians and other prehospital providers. This is a 2 day course (16 hours total) with the first day focusing on lecture and the second day focusing on hands-on skills and practice scenarios. Upon completion of this course, you will receive a 4 year PHTLS certification through NAEMT and 16 hours of CAPCE credit.
Topics include:
- Assessment & Scene Management
- Traumatic Injuries
- Head Trauma
- Spinal Trauma
- Thoracic Trauma
- Abdominal Trauma
- Musculoskeletal Trauma
- Treatment of Burns
- Special Populations
- Geriatric Trauma
- Pediatric Trauma
- Environmental Emergencies
- Civilian Tactical EMS Support (TEMS)
Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) is an advanced course that discusses trauma patient management for those involved in the delivery of prehospital care. This course is for EMTs, paramedics, nurses, physician assistants, physicians, and other prehospital providers.
Detailed Description
Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS)
NAEMT’s Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) is recognized around the world as the leading continuing education program for prehospital emergency trauma care. The mission of PHTLS is to promote excellence in trauma patient management by all providers involved in the delivery of prehospital care. PHTLS is developed by NAEMT in cooperation with the American College of Surgeons’ Committee on Trauma. The Committee provides the medical direction and content oversight for the PHTLS program.
PHTLS courses improve the quality of trauma care and decrease mortality. The program is based on a philosophy stressing the treatment of the multi-system trauma patient as a unique entity with specific needs. PHTLS promotes critical thinking as the foundation for providing quality care. It is based on the belief that, given a good fund of knowledge and key principles, EMS practitioners are capable of making reasoned decisions regarding patient care.
PHTLS is the global gold standard in prehospital trauma education and is taught in 64 countries. PHTLS is appropriate for EMTs, paramedics, nurses, physician assistants, physicians, and other prehospital providers. PHTLS is accredited by CAPCE and recognized by NREMT.
Upon completion of this course, you will receive a 4 year PHTLS certification through NAEMT and 16 hours of CAPCE credit.
If you see no matching classes, please send us an email at info@3cpr.org or call us at 720-639-2623
PHTLS-Instructor
To be eligible for the PHTLS Instructor Course, you must be a licensed physician, physician assistant, nurse, EMT or Paramedic, or hold an NREMT certification at the EMT, AEMT or Paramedic level, or hold a military medic instructor credential issued by one of the U.S. Armed Services.
Within 3-months of successful completion of this course, you are required to complete the following:
- Observe a full PHTLS Course taught by Colorado Cardiac CPR and First Aid.
- Assist in teaching portions of another PHTLS Course.
- Depending on your performance, you may be asked to co-teach additional classes until you are adept.
This course does not provide NAEMT certification or CAPCE credits.
If you see no matching classes, please send us an email at info@3cpr.org or call us at 720-639-2623