Course Overview:
International Trauma Life Support (ITLS) courses give the student the knowledge and hands-on skills to take better care of trauma patients. ITLS stresses rapid assessment, appropriate intervention and identification of immediate life threats. The ITLS framework for rapid, appropriate and effective trauma care is a global standard that works in any situation.
ITLS courses combine classroom learning, hands-on skills stations, and assessment stations that put learning to work in simulated trauma scenarios. Each ITLS course includes a, evidence-based course manual with in-depth content written and edited by trauma care experts based on current research. ITLS courses are designed, managed and delivered by course directors, coordinators and instructors experienced in EMS, pre-hospital care and the ITLS approach.
ITLS is an approved provider by the Commission on Accreditation of Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE) [formerly CECBEMS] and all ITLS courses are CAPCE certified.
Dates: Nov 18 and 19, 2023
Location: Duke Life Flight | 100 Golden Dr. | Durham, NC
Lead Instructor: Roy Alson, PhD, MD
Author/Editor – ITLS 9th edition textboook
Medical Director, Code Blue Resources
Cost: $295 (incl course textbook, ITLS fees, and ITLS certificate)
Target audience: Advanced level practitioners (i.e. Paramedic, RN, PA, Physician)
Course length: 16 hours
Other: Code Blue Resources does not receive funding from the NC Community
College System, therefore, this is not a fee-exempt course.
Didactic:
Scene Size-up
Trauma Assessment and Management
Airway Management
Thoracic Trauma
Shock
Head Trauma
Spinal Trauma
Abdominal Trauma
Extremity Trauma
Burns
Pediatric Trauma
Geriatric Trauma
Trauma in Pregnancy
The Impaired Patient
Trauma Arrest
Standard Precautions
Skills Stations:
Assessment skills
Airway skills
Thoracic trauma skills
Vascular access skills
Spine management skills
Extremity trauma skills
Testing:
Written Exam
Practical Exam
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