ALS BLS Provider Course

PHTLS ALS/BLS Provider Course

PHTLS is recognized around the world as the leading continuing education program for pre-hospital emergency trauma care. The mission of PHTLS is to promote excellence in trauma patient management by all providers involved in the delivery of pre-hospital care through global education.

The program is based on a pre-hospital trauma care 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.

Dates and Time

Thursday, May 2 and Friday, May 3, 2013
8 am to 4 pm

Course Objectives

Students who take PHTLS will learn to:

• Describe the physiology and kinematics of injury.
• Understand the need for rapid assessment of the trauma patient.
• Transport patients to the appropriate medical facility depending on their injuries.
• Advance their level of knowledge in regard to examination and diagnostic skills.
• Enhance their performance in the assessment and treatment of the trauma patient.
• Advance their level of competence in regard to specific pre-hospital trauma intervention skills.
• Provide an overview and establish a management method for the pre-hospital care of the multisystem trauma patient.

Student skills are tested at the end of the course through a written test and hands-on scenario evaluations.

Course Pre-requisites

• All participants must be a certified paramedic, EMT, First Responder or Registered Nurse

Course Medical Director

• Peter Thomas, DO

Course Coordinator

• Kelly Donatelli, BSN, RN, PHRN

Location

• St. Luke's University Hospital-Bethlehem Campus
  Priscilla Payne Hurd Education Center-Lecture Hall 1
  801 Ostrum Street
  Bethlehem, PA 18015

Cost

• $120 (includes book and meals)

Questions

Please contact:

• Nicole Lohrman, MSN, RN, CCRN, Trauma Education Specialist at 484-526-2214, or
• Kelly Donatelli, RN, BSN, PHRN, PHTLS Site Coordinator at 610-780-7294