Upon completion of the course, participants will receive an official NAEMT PHTLS provider card to validate their certification.
The PHTLS Provider course is an intensive 16-hour educational program designed for emergency medical responders, EMTs, paramedics, nurses, physician assistants, and physicians. Offered at Basic, Advanced, or Combined levels, with Military Provider courses also available, this comprehensive curriculum provides evidence-based training on all aspects of prehospital trauma response. The credential maintains validity for 4 years and provides 16 hours of continuing education credit. PHTLS training is authored and administered by the PHTLS division of the National Association of EMTs in collaboration with the Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons, ensuring the highest standards of medical instruction and curriculum development. Students must participate in lecture sessions, learning stations, review stations, and practical skills testing scenarios to successfully complete the program.
The NAEMT PHTLS curriculum encompasses the following core topics and competencies:
Assessment and scene management; traumatic injuries, including:
- Head trauma management and assessment
- Spinal trauma protocols and procedures
- Thoracic trauma emergency response
- Abdominal trauma treatment approaches
- Musculoskeletal trauma care
- Burn injury treatment and management
Special populations requiring special,ized care including:
- Geriatric trauma considerations and approaches
- Pediatric trauma specific protocols
- Environmental emergencies in various settings
- Civilian tactical EMS support and active threat response
School Notes: All of the courses that we have students sign up for through CourseHorse are skills sessions. Skills sessions require that the student complete an online testing portion through the American Heart Association, that online testing portion is a separate charge from our class fee for facilitating the skills session in the class room.
We offer full provider classes that are all done in class without the need to complete an online test before the class starts.
