Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) Certification | November 11-12, 2019

Baltimore, MD US
November 11, 2019 to November 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
    Additional information
    Contact email: 
    Bquinta2@jhmi.edu
    Course summary
    Registration opens: 
    07/29/2019
    Registration closes: 
    11/10/2019
    Event starts: 
    11/11/2019 - 8:00am EST
    Event ends: 
    11/12/2019 - 6:00pm EST
    Cost:
    $350.00
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    Program Type:PHTLS
    Course Coordinator Name:Eric Saunders
    Course Coordinator Email:Esaunde8@jhmi.edu
    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
    Johns Hopkins Lifeline
    1800 Orleans Street
    Baltimore, MD 21287
    United States
    The Johns Hopkins Hospital

    PHTLS is accredited by CAPCE and recognized by NREMT.

    Price

    Cost:
    $350.00
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