PHTLS – Prehospital Trauma Life Support

The mission of PHTLS is to promote excellence in trauma patient management by all providers involved in the delivery of prehospital care. PHTLS was 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:

The PHTLS 16-hour 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.

The course utilizes the internationally recognized PHTLS textbook and covers the following topics:

• Physiology of life and death
• Scene assessment
• Patient assessment
• Hemorrhage control
• Airway
• Breathing, ventilation, and oxygenation
• Circulation and shock
• Special populations

Tuition:

• $125 In-State
• $225 Out-of-State
• $90 for books

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Please complete the form, print to obtain signatures, and return to Delaware State Fire School before deadline.

Delaware State Fire School

1461 Chestnut Grove Road
Dover, DE 19904

Phone: 302-739-4773
Fax: 302-739-6245
www.statefireschool.delaware.gov
Email: fire.school@delaware.gov

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