Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support

The Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support course is an engaging class led by experienced EMS educators that includes CAPCE credits for NREMT recertification. The course is available as a fully instructor-led course that meets in-person or a hybrid course featuring distributive online training with an in-person review and skills day.

Course Topics

The topics covered in the Pre-Hospital Trauma course include the following:

• Physiology of life and death
• Scene assessment
• Patient assessment
• Airway management
• Breathing, ventilation, and oxygenation
• Circulation, hemorrhage, and shock
• Patients with disabilities
• Patient simulations

The instructor-led course is offered via 16 hours of in-person scenario and skills practice with a written examination at the end of the second course day.

Successful completion results in NAEMT Prehospital Trauma Life Support certification which is valid for 3 years and a certificate for 16 CAPCE approved continuing education hours.

This program is appropriate for initial and renewal certification for PHTLS providers.

The hybrid course combines an online and classroom component.

PHTLS Online provides students with the opportunity to learn at their own pace with access to online content anytime. The 8 hour online component presents evidence-based PHTLS trauma treatment and guidelines.

Learners put their knowledge from PHTLS Online into practice with hands-on skill scenarios during the 8 hour PHTLS classroom component. The written examination is conducted at the end of this session.

Successful completion of both portions results in NAEMT Prehospital Trauma Life Support certification which is valid for 3 years and a certificate for 16 CAPCE approved continuing education hours.

This program is appropriate for initial and renewal certification for PHTLS providers.

Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support is internationally recognized for its evidence-based approach to reducing injury and death resulting from trauma.

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 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.

Approved for:

• NREMT Recertification: 16 Hours Approved by Commission on Accreditation for Prehospital Continuing Education (CAPCE) for use in NREMT Recertification
• State Recertification: Approved by Most States for EMT Recertification