Prehospital Trauma Life Support
PREHOSPITAL TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT (PHTLS) COURSE OVERVIEW
The PHTLS course is designed for healthcare professionals involved in the delivery of prehospital and emergency trauma care, including:
Paramedics
Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs)
Nurses
Physician Associates
Physicians
Military medics
Remote and offshore medical providers
NAEMT’s Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) is recognised worldwide as the leading continuing education programme for prehospital emergency trauma care. The mission of PHTLS is to promote excellence in the management of trauma patients by all providers involved in prehospital care.
PHTLS is developed by NAEMT in cooperation with the American College of Surgeons’ Committee on Trauma. The Committee provides medical direction and oversight of the PHTLS programme.
The PHTLS course emphasises application of trauma education through case studies, skills practice, and patient simulations and covers the following topics:
- Physiology of life and death
- Scene assessment
- Patient assessment
- Haemorrhage control
- Airway
- Breathing, ventilation, and oxygenation
- Circulation and shock
- Special populations
Upon successful completion of the Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) course, participants will be able to:
Apply a structured and prioritised approach to the assessment of the multi-system trauma patient.
Integrate trauma pathophysiology into clinical decision-making in time-critical environments.
Perform rapid scene evaluation and identify operational and safety considerations.
Implement evidence-based airway, breathing, and circulatory management strategies in trauma care.
Demonstrate clinical reasoning through scenario-based simulations and case discussions.
Adapt trauma management principles to remote, resource-limited, and austere settings when applicable.
Tuition: €350
Course Information
Course Duration: 2 Days (Classroom)
Course Requirements - Participants should:
- Hold an appropriate qualification in emergency or prehospital care
Maintain current certification within their professional scope of practice
Possess foundational knowledge of basic life support and patient assessment principles
Accreditated
CPD Credits: 16 CPD Credits
Students will receive a certificate of completion, a wallet card recognizing them as PHTLS providers for 4 years, and 16 hours of CPD credits
Course Instructors
Aebhric O'Kelly, Dean Emeritus, M.Psy DTN FRSM FAWM
Dr. Csaba Dioszeghy, Associate Dean, Head of Critical Care Studies | FRCEM, FERC, FFICM
Martyna Abratkiewicz - Paramedic
Accreditation
CPD CREDITS: 16 HOURS
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