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course overview
This hybrid course provides participants the flexibility to complete the classroom/theory portion online at their own pace. Upon successful completion of the online portion, participants will be required to attend the scheduled one-day on-site skills assessment at the SDS training centre.
This course is designed for healthcare professionals such as doctors, nurses, paramedics, rescue crews, military personnel, fire, and police (where relevant to trauma management).
NAEMT's Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) is recognised around the world as the leading continuing education program for pre-hospital emergency trauma care.
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:
• Have access to a computer with sound capability and an internet connection
• Provide completion certificate for the online portion through PSG.
• 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 Online Theory Learning
• Approximately eight (8) hours of online learning.
• Participants will be provided with a link to register and purchase the PHTLS Hybrid materials through Jones & Bartlett Learning. Once participants complete the online portion, they must email the certificate and post-test grade evidence and bring both with them to the face-to-face classroom session at SDS.
• Participants are provided three attempts to successfully complete the online final exam. If a participant fails all three attempts, a new online course registration will be required, and a new access code will be provided to retake the online portion of the course resulting in additional charges.
Skills Assessment Day
• One (1) day, eight (8) hours consisting of skills stations and patient simulations.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
• The course fee includes the online learning component and a copy of the PHTLS textbook (either e-book or hard copy depending on availability).
• To access the online pre-course learning, participants will be provided with a link to register and purchase the PHTLS Hybrid materials through Jones & Bartlett Learning. Please be advised that there is an additional charge of $46.15* payable directly to Jones & Bartlett for the purchase of this material. This amount is not included in the course fee.
• PHTLS course registrations close 10 standard business days prior to the course start date to allow time for the completion of the required 8-hours of online coursework.
• Please note that there is a non-refundable resource fee of $220.00* +GST for registration, which covers the textbook.
*Correct at time of publication and subject to change.
prerequisites
Nil
fees
$860.00* +GST
assessments
PHTLS uses a combination of a written examination, an assessment of skills performance, and a capstone patient simulation to evaluate the level of understanding of the medical knowledge. Writ¬ten evaluations consist of a series of multiple-choice test questions that the students must answer.
completion
Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a certificate of completion valid for 4 years.
skills maintenance
Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) training is required to be renewed every 4 years.
