Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) Certification | November 11-12, 2019
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.
Class begin promptly at 8 AM. Please arrive by 7:45 AM.
Required textbook: PHLS Prehospital Trauma Life Support 9th Edition
Directions will be included in your confirmation email.
Target Audience
PHTLS is appropriate for EMTs, paramedics, nurses, physician assistants, physicians, and other prehospital providers.
Learning Objectives
The course utilizes the internationally recognized PHTLS textbook and covers the following topics:
- Physiology of life and death
- Scene assessment
- Patient assessment
- Airway
- Breathing, ventilation and oxygenation
- Circulation, hemorrhage and shock
- Patients with disabilities
- Patient simulations
Program Type: | PHTLS |
Course Coordinator Name: | Eric Saunders |
Course Coordinator Email: | [email protected] |
Course Number: | PH-19-08703-04 |
Start Date: | 11-11-2019 |
End Date: | 11-12-2019 |
Facility Name: | The Johns Hopkins Hospital |
Facility Address: | 600 North Wolfe Street, Nelson SB 290-A |
Facility City: | Baltimore |
Facility State: | MD |
PHTLS is accredited by CAPCE and recognized by NREMT.