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Certificate in Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS)
Certificate in Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS)
Evidence-based trauma care covering rapid assessment, haemorrhage control and critical trauma decision-making.
Course Overview
What you will learn
- Apply the PHTLS approach to rapid trauma assessment.
- Manage life-threatening haemorrhage and airway compromise in trauma patients.
- Recognise and treat traumatic shock and chest/abdominal injuries.
- Make critical field decisions on scene time and transport priority.
- Apply spinal motion restriction based on current evidence.
Curriculum
Course outline
Module 1 — Trauma assessment principles
Kinematics of injury and the PHTLS primary/secondary assessment sequence.
Module 2 — Haemorrhage & airway control
Tourniquets, wound packing, and airway management in trauma.
Module 3 — Shock, chest & abdominal trauma
Recognition and field management of shock and thoracoabdominal injuries.
Module 4 — Spinal care & transport decisions
Current spinal motion restriction evidence and scene-time decision making.
Assessment & certification
Scenario testing stations. Successful candidates receive their QR-verified DIMS certificate.