course overview
This course provides participants with the skills and knowledge required to provide Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support and designed to increase trauma related knowledge and skills in pre-hospital trauma care.
This course applies to doctors, nurses, paramedics, rescue crew, military, fire and police (where relevant to trauma management).
NAEMT's Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) is recognised around the world as the leading continuing education program for prehospital emergency trauma care.
This course includes the Prehospital Trauma Life Support (10th Edition) textbook, 4-year PHTLS certification, with the PHTLS international governing body, the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) .
learning outcomes
The course 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
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Participants must:
• Provide current AHPRA Registration
• Provide photo I.D on entry
• Be physically fit and healthy with capacity to perform
manual tasks
• Be able to read, write, communicate orally, and
understand and interpret complex information and
situations
• Interact with others and work under pressure
• Dress appropriately i.e., long sleeve, long pants or
overalls, safety boots/closed in shoes, safety glasses
Please ensure you read our Participant Handbook for
further information on our policies, procedures, terms, and
program conditions.
delivery method
Self-Paced Pre-Course Learning
Participants are required to read the Prehospital Trauma Life Support (10th Edition) textbook prior to attending.
Classroom Session
Two (2) days (16 hours) and consists of classroom-based theory learning with practical based activities.
prerequisites
Nil
fees
$900.00 +GST
assessments
Assessment includes a written test to verify the student has
met the learning objectives for the course and a final
evaluation of skills.
completion
Upon successful completion of the course,
students receive a certificate of completion, a
wallet card recognizing them as PHTLS
providers for 4 years.
skills maintenance