Prehospital Trauma Life Support Course (PHTLS)
$150.00 | Course lasts up to 16 hours
NAEMT’s Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) is globally recognized 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 delivering prehospital care through global education.
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 in your area and decrease mortality.
The program is based on a prehospital trauma care philosophy, stressing the treatment of the multi-system trauma patient as a unique entity with specific needs. This may require an approach to the trauma patient that varies from traditional treatment modalities.
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 are capable of making reasoned decisions regarding patient care. The PHTLS course is continuously updated and revised to keep up with the advances in the field, ATLS Guidelines, and feedback from PHTLS participants.
Advanced Medical Life Support Course (AMLS)
$150.00 | Course lasts up to 16 hours
NAEMT Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS) course is the first EMS education program to fully address the best methods to assess and manage the most common medical crises in patients, offering a think-outside-the-box methodology. It is for all levels of practitioners with a strong commitment to patient care, including emergency medical technicians, paramedics, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurse anesthetists, and physicians. The course emphasizes the use of scene size-up, history, interactive group discussion on potential treatment strategies, and physical exams to systematically rule out and consider possibilities and probabilities in treating patients’ medical crises. The course offers an initial assessment-based approach that progresses to a diagnostic-based approach to quickly develop the best treatment plan. AMLS is a sixteen-hour, two-day program that consists of interactive lectures, teaching, and evaluation stations. The interactive and case-based lectures include the following topics:
Elevate your skills and response as a first responder with our AMLS course.
Geriatric Education for Emergency Medical Services (GEMS)
$75.00 | Course lasts 8 to 16 hours
GEMS is a national continuing education curriculum designed to address all of the unique needs of the older population, including the geriatric objectives as identified in the EMT-Basic, Intermediate, and Paramedic National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) National Standard Curricula.
The proportion of the aged in society today is greater than ever before and growing faster than any other segment of our population. Current indications are that approximately 34 percent of calls for emergency medical services, or 3.4 million emergency responses, involve patients over the age of 60.
EMS Safety
$75.00 | Course lasts up to 8 hours
NAEMT’s EMS Safety Course aims to promote a culture of EMS safety and help reduce the number and intensity of injuries incurred by EMS practitioners in carrying out their work. The course increases the practitioners’ awareness and understanding of EMS safety standards and practices and develops their ability to implement them effectively. The EMS Safety Course is the first national and most comprehensive education program of its kind that teaches techniques on how best to achieve safety on the job. The curriculum covers:
The course offers an overview of current issues surrounding safety in EMS, presents and discusses case studies, builds risk assessment and decision-making skills, and provides an opportunity for participants to relate their own experiences with EMS safety issues.
Emergency Pediatric Care (EPC)
$100.00 | Course lasts up to 8 hours
NAEMT’s Emergency Pediatric Care (EPC) course focuses on the care of sick and injured children, addressing a full spectrum of emergency illnesses, injuries, and scenarios that an EMS practitioner might encounter. The course provides an in-depth understanding of the pathophysiology of the most common pediatric emergency issues and stresses critical thinking skills to help practitioners make the best decisions for their patients. EPC uses the Pediatric Assessment Triangle (PAT) as a tool to help EMS practitioners rapidly and accurately assess pediatric patients and incorporates family-centered care throughout all scenarios. Training encompasses lectures, hands-on skills practice, and small group critical thinking discussions. Topics include:
EPC is for all emergency medical technicians and paramedics committed to providing quality care for pediatric patients.
All Hazards Disaster Response Course (AHDR)
$75.00 | Course lasts up to 8 hours
The All Hazards Disaster Response (AHDR) course teaches students how to respond to the many types of disaster scenarios they may encounter, including:
AHDR educates participants on how to analyze potential threats in their area, assess available resources, and create a response plan that will save lives. At the start of the course, participants conduct a “hazards vulnerability analysis” to assess features of their environment, both natural and manufactured, that pose risk, along with evaluating the needs of vulnerable populations, such as assisted-living residents or hospital patients that need special consideration during such an event.
Content is presented in the context of realistic scenarios, culminating with a large-scale mass casualty activity. AHDR is appropriate for all levels of EMS practitioners. This course is offered 8 hours of CAPCE credit and NREMT recognition.
Psychological Trauma in EMS Patients Course (PTEP)
$75.00 | Course lasts up to 8 hours
NAEMT’s Psychological Trauma in EMS Patients (PTEP) course gives EMS practitioners the resources to help alleviate their patients’ hidden wounds – intense fear, stress, and pain – during a medical emergency. PTEP educates EMS practitioners about the biological underpinnings of psychological trauma, the short and long-term impact on the brain and body, and warning signs that a patient is experiencing extreme psychological distress. EMS practitioners are also taught strategies and techniques to alleviate patients’ distress and help patients cope with what they’re experiencing to ward off lingering effects. The eight-hour classroom course features scenario-based interactive sessions and lectures. Topics covered include:
PTEP is designed for EMS practitioners and other prehospital providers. The course is accredited by CAPCE and recognized by NREMT. Students who successfully complete the course receive a certificate of completion, a wallet card good for four years, and eight hours of CAPCE credit.
