Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) and other Specialty Courses

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Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS)

NAEMT’s Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) is recognized around the world 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 the delivery of prehospital care. 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 and decrease mortality. The program is based on a philosophy stressing the treatment of the multi-system trauma patient as a unique entity with specific needs. 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 course utilizes the internationally recognized PHTLS textbook and covers the following topics:

Physiology of life and death
Scene assessment
Patient assessment
Airway
Breathing, ventilation and oxygenation
Circulation, hemorrhage and shock
Patients with disabilities
Patient simulations

Intended for EMTs, paramedics, nurses, physician assistants, physicians, and other prehospital providers

Fee: $275 – Does not include mandatory 9th Edition Textbook and Course Manual

Time: Approximately 16 hours (split into 2, 8 hour days)

Certification Period: 4 years

Class Format: Classroom Lecture, Small Group Learning Stations, Practical Testing and Written Exam.

For groups and corporate trainings please call (208) 996-9248 to schedule a course.

AMLS

Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS) is the leading course for prehospital practitioners in advanced medical assessment and treatment of commonly encountered medical conditions. Endorsed by the National Association of EMS Physicians, the course emphasizes the use of the AMLS Assessment Pathway, a systematic assessment tool that enables EMS practitioners to diagnose medical patients with urgent accuracy.

In AMLS students learn to recognize, assess, and manage common medical crises in patients. Topics covered include: respiratory disorders, cardiovascular disorders, shock, neurologic disorders, abdominal disorders, endocrine and metabolic disorders, infectious diseases, environmental-related disorders, and toxicologic emergencies.

Critical thinking scenarios encourage interaction and challenge students to apply their knowledge to realistic situations. At IMA scenarios will be conducted in the simulated training lab. During the scenarios, students:

Are at the patient’s side from arrival on scene to delivery to the hospital
Assess, review, and discern the possible diagnosis of the patient
Choose the next step to take on the AMLS Assessment Pathway
Confirm the final diagnosis and provide ongoing prehospital management of the patient
Place emphasis on the BLS provider and integration with ALS
Expand on course content for highly critical patients, environmental-related disorders, and infectious diseases

This 16-hour course is for Emergency Medical Technicians, Paramedics, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Nurse Anesthetists, and Physicians. The course can be offered at the basic, advanced or combined levels. Upon successful completion of this course, students receive a certificate of completion, a wallet card recognizing them as AMLS providers for 4 years, and 16 hours CE Credit.

Classes are scheduled for groups and corporate trainings upon request. Please call 208-996-9248 to schedule a course.

Situational Awareness & Personal Safety Class

This informative class focuses on learning how proven techniques, information, and awareness could save you or your loved ones lives. Includes learning to trust your gut, listening to your internal messengers, pre-incident indicators of violence, survival signals, criminal behavior and tactics, and tools to keep you safe!.

Intended for college students, young adults, shift workers, realtors, people who travel or work alone, or anyone who wants to learn more about keeping themselves or their loved ones safe.

Fee: $15

Time: Approximately 3 hours

Certification: None

Testing: No testing required.

EPC

The Emergency Pediatric Care (EPC) course is a comprehensive NAEMT education program for EMS practitioners. In this course you will gain knowledge and practice skills related to pediatric patient assessment and treatment, learn to deliver developmentally appropriate care, and build confidence as an EMS practitioner for the next pediatric emergency call. This course covers topics related to emergency care of sick and injured children, addressing the full spectrum of emergency illnesses, injuries and scenarios that an EMS practitioner might encounter. Pediatric Idaho Medical has unique challenges. While there are fewer pediatric encounters in the field, there are even fewer critical pediatric encounters. It is essential to assess and triage those children who are in need of immediate treatment and transport and those who are stable. Scenarios and treatment plans are a key component of EPC, facilitated by experienced instructors in IMA’s simulated realistic training lab. Upon successful completion of this course, students receive a certificate of completion, a wallet card recognizing them as EPC providers for 4 years, and 16 hours CE Credit.

Classes are scheduled for groups and corporate trainings upon request. Please call 208-996-9248 to schedule a course.

STOP the Bleed

Victims can quickly die from uncontrolled bleeding, within five to 10 minutes. Massive bleeding from any cause, but particularly from an active shooter or explosive event where a response is delayed can result in death. Similar to how the general public learns and performs CPR, the public must learn proper bleeding control techniques, including how to use their hands, dressings, and tourniquets. This course is based on the curriculum from BleedingControl.org, initiative of the American College of Surgeons, to teach anyone the various ways to control bleeding. After course completion, the student will have the skills and confidence to control bleeding including how to properly apply a tourniquet.

Intended for construction workers, arborists, mechanical, teachers, police officers, and any individual who wants to learn more than what is taught in a First Aid class on how to control bleeding.

Fee: $20

Time: Approximately 1.5 hours

Certification: Course completion certificate.

Testing: No testing required.

If requested, we can teach a group at your facility for a minimum of 6 students and an additional $25 fee per group. Visit our Group Classes here for further information.

Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) and other Specialty Courses

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