Pre Hospital Trauma Life support (PHTLS)

Description

NAEMT's Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) is recognized around the world as the leading continuing education program for prehospital emergency trauma care. The mission of PHTLS is to promote excellence in trauma patient management by all providers involved in the delivery of prehospital care. PHTLS is developed by NAEMT in cooperation with the American College of Surgeons' Committee on Trauma. The Committee provides the medical direction and content oversight for the PHTLS program. PHTLS courses improve the quality of trauma care and decrease mortality. The program is based on a 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. It is based on the belief that, given a good fund of knowledge and key principles, EMS practitioners can make reasoned decisions regarding patient care. The course utilizes the internationally recognized PHTLS textbook and 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

Objectives

Presenters

1. Dr. Douglas Ochieng
   PHTLS Provider and Trainer, Advanced Life support trainer ICU & Flight Physician Medical Officer UNON JMS UNON Joint Medical Service, Nairobi
   UNON Joint Medical Service, Nairobi


2. Dr. James Mbai
   PHTLS provider and Trainer, Emergency Physician, Occupational Health Physician Deputy Chief UNON JMS
   UNON Joint Medical Service, Nairobi