Improving Trauma Care Worldwide
All New!
The ITLS Provider Course provides 8 hours of didactic instruction, 8 hours of hands-on skills training, and testing for ITLS Basic or Advanced certification. With its comprehensive approach to core knowledge and skills, ITLS Provider is appropriate for all emergency care providers —from EMT-Bs and first responders to advanced EMTs, paramedics, trauma nurses, and physicians.
ITLS is proud to introduce the first edition of the ITLS Course Manual for Emergency Care Providers. Interventions and skills are presented within each chapter, making it easier for the student to understand the identification of traumatic conditions and the needed interventions.
The Patient Assessment Algorithm flow chart has been redesigned to be simple and easy to follow. Emphasis is on the rapid identification and correction of immediate life threats. At the end of each chapter there is a QR Code that links you to an ITLS website that has additional information such as videos, additional references and useful tools.
Course length: 16 hours
Didactic:
The course manual is divided into three sections: core content, body system injury, and special considerations and populations.
Section 1 Core Content
Chapter 1 Understanding Trauma
Chapter 2 ITLS Assessment
Chapter 3 Hemorrhage Control and Shock Management
Chapter 4 Airway and Ventilation Management
Chapter 5 Traumatic Cardiac Arrest Management
Chapter 6 Mass Casualty Incidents
Section 2 Body System Injury
Chapter 7 Traumatic Brain Injury
Chapter 8 Spinal Column and Spinal Cord Trauma
Chapter 9 Thoracic Trauma (Chest Injury)
Chapter 10 Abdominal and Pelvic Trauma
Chapter 11 Extremity Trauma
Section 3 Special Considerations and Populations
Chapter 12 Burns
Chapter 13 Pediatric Trauma
Chapter 14 Geriatric Trauma
Chapter 15 Trauma in Pregnancy
Chapter 16 Environmental Emergencies
Chapter 17 Crush and Blast Injuries
Chapter 18 Considerations in High-Threat and Tactical Settings
Chapter 19 Pain Control in the Prehospital Setting
Chapter 20 Helicopter Transportation