Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) - Provider
Program Start:
3/27/2019 08:00 AM
Program End:
3/28/2019 04:30 PM
Last Day to Register:
3/27/2019
Program Type:
CAMC Simulation Center
Instructor:
Doug Douglas
Content Type:
EMS
Class Size:
16 [0 seats available]
Primary Audience:
Other Healthcare Professionals
Secondary Audience:
Paramedics
Coordinator:
Stephanie Watson - stephanie.watson@camc.org
Information Contact:
(304) 388-1870
Locations:
CAMC Institute Patient Simulation Center - General Hospital, 5 East
Description:
This Prehospital Trauma Life Support (aka "PHTLS") course is a 16 hour course that is being offered for emergency medical responders, EMTs, Paramedics, nurses, physician assistants and physicians. PHTLS is based on the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), a course for physicians developed by the American College of Surgeons-Committee on Trauma. This PHTLS Course is expected to enhance learning in prehospital trauma care philosophy and stressing the need to treat the multisystem trauma patient as a unique entity with specific needs. More importantly, PHTLS courses follow the principles for care of trauma patients as developed by the Committee on Trauma. The course format includes in-seat lectures and realistic simulation skill stations. The course fee includes all course materials and PHTLS Certification upon successful completion of this course.
Notes:
This course is being held in the Life Support Training Center/Simulation Center,5 East of CAMC General Hospital, 501 Morris Street, Charleston, WV. Directions to General Hospital: If traveling 64 East or 64 West, get off at Leon Sullivan Way (Exit 100). Get in the far left hand lane on Leon Sullivan Way when exiting. At the second light make a left onto Lee Street. Get in the middle lane and make a left at the first light onto Brooks Street. Stay in far right hand lane on Brooks Street. Take a right on Lewis Street at the bottom of ramp to 64-77-79 then turn right into the CAMC General Parking Garage. This is a one-way parking garage. You must drive all the way up before you can drive down. Please pay close attention to the signs directing you to park and exit. To get here from the parking garage, take the parking garage elevators to the 1st floor. Turn left out of the elevators; take the ramp to the Security Desk located in the main lobby. You may stop by the Security Desk for further instruction to this course site.
Disclosures:
This course is NAEMT approved and instruction is by NAEMT Certified Instructors.
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