Description

Who should attend? Medical or Dental Practitioner & Interns, Professional Nurse, ALS Paramedic, Intermediate Life Support Providers (ILS HPCSA qualification)

Course Outline
The knowledge and skills obtained on the ITLS – Advanced Course includes:
Scene Size-Up
Assessment & Initial Management of the Trauma Patient
Basic & Advanced Airway Management
Shock Evaluation & Management
Chest & Abdominal Trauma
Head & Spinal Trauma
Extremity Trauma
Burns
Trauma in Pregnancy
Trauma in Children
Trauma in the Elderly
Trauma & Cardiac Arrest
Patients “Under the Influence” of Alcohol or Drugs
Skills Practice Stations:
Basic & Advanced Airway Management
Vehicle Extrication & Use of Extrication Devices
Use of Spinal Immobilization Devices & Splinting
Thoracocentesis
Intraosseous access
Patient Assessment
Patient assessment & treatment scenarios

Successful completion
Accredited for 23 Continuing Education Units (CEU’s) (Incl. 1 x Ethic’s CEU’s)
Each successful candidate will receive an International Trauma Life Support certificate upon completion of the course – endorsed by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)