Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS)

NAEMT’s Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) offers continuing education program for prehospital emergency trauma care for the prehospital care provider; PHTLS courses improve the quality care to a trauma patient while decreasing mortality. The program stresses the treatment of the multi-system trauma using a unique entity with specific needs. PHTLS utilizes critical thinking as the foundation for providing quality care. 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, PHTLS 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

PHTLS is appropriate for EMTs, paramedics, nurses, physician assistants, physicians, and other prehospital providers.

This course features hybrid learning style of online education along with the innovative hands on practical skills and group scenarios.

Course Location:
Tri-Hospital EMS
3031 Commerce Dr. Suite B
Fort Gratiot MI, 48059

Due to COVID-19 Class size is limited. All students must wear a face covering and maintain social distancing.

Cost: $275.00 covers your book and online materials. Should you confirm your placement in the course, receive the login information, and then not participate you will still be charged for the cost incurred.