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PHTLS: Prehospital Trauma Life Support

Prehospital Care

PHTLS: Prehospital Trauma Life Support

  • Advanced
  • 2 days
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A structured approach to prehospital trauma assessment and treatment developed by NAEMT.

CertificationNAEMT certification issued on successful completion.

About this course

Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) is NAEMT's internationally recognised trauma course for prehospital clinicians. It sets a common standard for assessing and managing the injured patient and is often a contractual requirement for medical roles.

Two days of trauma assessment, decision-making and skills, ending with assessed scenarios. It assumes an existing clinical qualification.

What you will cover

  • Kinematics of trauma and injury patterns
  • The PHTLS approach to primary and secondary assessment
  • Airway and ventilation in trauma
  • Haemorrhage control and shock management
  • Head, spinal, thoracic and musculoskeletal trauma
  • Special considerations - paediatric, elderly, burns, environmental

Who it is for

  • First responders & medics

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