EMSP 1410 - Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support

2.0 Credits

The Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support course is designed to provide the practicing pre-hospital care provider with a specific body of knowledge related to the pre-hospital assessment and care of the trauma patient. It is stressed that this is a continuing education program and contains information that may be a review for some or all participants. The uniqueness of this program rests not with an entirely new body of knowledge but instead with advances in pre-hospital trauma intervention techniques. New combinations and applications of existing skills and knowledge are being used to better the patient’s chances at surviving traumatic events.

Lecture Hours: 2.0
Lab Hours: 0.0
Internship Hours: 0.0
Clinical or Practicum Hours: 0.0

Course Objectives

To provide a description of the pathophysiology and kinematics of injury
To provide an understanding for the need of rapid assessment and intervention of the trauma patient
To enhanced the participant’s performance in the assessment and treatment of the trauma patient.
To advance the participants level of competence in using trauma skills

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