Overview:
This course, accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) England, provides intensive knowledge and skills in rapid assessment of the critical trauma patient, treatment of shock and hypoxaemia, and rapid transportation to an appropriate hospital. It is suitable for healthcare professionals and pre-hospital emergency medical service personnel at technician level or above.

Entry requirements:
Applicants should be IHCD technicians, HPC paramedics, RGN’s involved in immediate care, medical practitioners (SHO and above), currently serving military medical personnel, or health care practitioners with evidence of pre-hospital involvement from either an ambulance provider or a hospital. Applicants who do not fulfil this criteria may still be accepted onto and participate fully in the course in an ‘observer’ capacity – they will receive the Lifeskills Medical Award listing all PHTLS modules completed.

Course includes:
Injury prevention, kinetics of trauma, patient assessment and management, airway management and ventilation, thoracic trauma, shock and fluid replacement, abdominal trauma, head and spinal trauma, musculoskeletal trauma, thermal trauma, child trauma, elderly trauma, triage, transport and trauma systems, military medicine.