NAEMT's Prehospital Trauma Life Support is recognized around the world as the leading continuing education program for prehospital emergency trauma care. PHTLS course improves the quality of trauma care and decreases mortality. The program is based on the philosophy stressing the treatment of multi-system trauma patients as a unique entity with specific needs. PHTLS promotes critical thinking as the foundation for providing quality care. It is based on the belief that, given a good fund of knowledge and key principles, EMS practitioners are capable of making reasoned decisions regarding patient care. PHTLS is the global gold standard in prehospital trauma education and is taught in 64 countries.
Length/Format
PHTLS is 16 hours (usually spanning two consecutive days). The course can be in-person or in a hybrid format in which lectures are conducted virtually and students meet in person for skill stations and scenarios.
Prerequisites
None
Target Audience
PHTLS is appropriate for EMTs, paramedics, nurses, physician assistants, physicians, and other prehospital providers. PHTLS is accredited by CAPCE and recognized by NREMT.
Pre-course work and course requirements
Students are required to:
Have a current NAEMT PHTLS student manual with them in class
Complete a pre-test before the scheduled course.
Prehospital Trauma Life Support - Refresher
The refresher course is an 8-hour classroom course for individuals who have successfully completed the 16-hour PHTLS provider course within the past four years. Current PHTLS provider certificate or wallet card required. Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a certificate of completion and 8 hours of CAPCE credit.
Length/Format
PHTLS refresher is 8 hours
Prerequisites
Must have a current, unexpired PHTLS Provider card.
Target Audience
PHTLS is appropriate for EMTs, paramedics, nurses, physician assistants, physicians, and other prehospital providers. PHTLS is accredited by CAPCE and recognized by NREMT.
Pre-course work and course requirements
Students are required to:
Have a current NAEMT PHTLS student manual with them in class
Complete a pre-test before the scheduled course.
Prehospital Trauma Life Support - Hybrid
The hybrid course is designed to offer the full PHTLS provider course but with the convince of completing the didactic components on your time. After completing the online module, students should schedule an 8-hour in person session to complete required skills and scenarios. Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a certificate of completion and 8 hours of EMS CE for the in-person session. Eight hours of CE are awarded for the online modules by CAPCE.
PHTLS is appropriate for EMTs, paramedics, nurses, physician assistants, physicians, and other prehospital providers. PHTLS is accredited by CAPCE and recognized by NREMT.
Pre-course work and course requirements
Students are required to:
Have a current NAEMT PHTLS student manual with them in class
Complete the online course prior to coming. Students MUST bring a copy of their completion certificate.
PHTLS for First Responders – PHTLS-FR – Provider
PHTLS for First Responders (PHTLS-FR)is an8-hour classroom course that takes the world-class trauma care content from the 9th edition of PHTLS and delivers it in a style that is relevant to and accessible by first responders, including emergency medical responders (EMR), firefighters, rescue personnel and law enforcement officers. Covering life-saving interventions such as hemorrhage control and airway management, this course teaches critical trauma concepts, demonstrates skills, and walks students through potential patient scenarios. Course materials include a student manual, providing students with access to these important concepts long after the course is over. Upon successful completion of this course, students receive a certificate of completion, a wallet card good for 4 years, and 8 hours of CAPCE credit.
Length/Format
8 hours
Prerequisites
None
Target Audience
EMR, firefighters without EMS roles, search/rescue, law enforcement.
Pre-course work and course requirements
Students are required to:
Have a current NAEMT PHTLS student manual with them in class
Complete a pre-test before the scheduled course.
NAEMT Instructor
NAEMT has modified the process to become instructors for their courses.
To become an instructor, candidates must:
Be a minimum of an EMT
Hold a current provider card for the discipline in which they want to teach. Additionally the provider course must have not been more than 18 years prior to the date the instructor is monitored.
Complete the NAEMT Instructor Course (this only needs to be completed one time)
Affiliate with a Training Center. Note: CTCCE will only grant affiliation to our NAEMT Training Center to those that we have identified as instructor potential.
Complete an NAEMT Instructor Application
Get monitored by the Training Center
For more information, please visit the NAEMT website