This is a 16 hour course that is taught over 2 days, 8 hours each day. 
 
PHTLS 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
Airway
Breathing, ventilation and oxygenation
Circulation, hemorrhage and shock
Patients with disabilities
Patient simulations
PHTLS is the global gold standard in prehospital trauma education and is taught in 64 countries. PHTLS is appropriate for EMTs, paramedics, nurses, physician assistants, physicians, and other prehospital providers. PHTLS is accredited by CAPCE and recognized by NREMT.
 
This course will take place over 1 week. The date you select will be your first night.
Tuesday dates start on Tuesday Night from 4pm to 10pm then Thrusday Night from 4pm to 10pm and that Saturday from 9am to 5pm.
 
Monday dates start on Monday Night from 4pm to 10pm then Wednesday Night from 4pm to 10pm and that Saturday from 9am to 5pm.
 
 Two 4 hour evening classes and one 8 hour Saturday class.