ITLS Basic Provider

This International Trauma Life Support (ITLS) Basic Provider course includes 8 hours of classroom instruction, 8 hours of hands-on skills training, and testing for ITLS Basic certification.

Innovative skills stations let you practice the abilities appropriate for your level of certification.

With its comprehensive approach to core knowledge and skills, ITLS Provider is appropriate for all levels of EMS personnel—from EMRs and first responders to advanced EMTs, paramedics, trauma nurses, and physicians.Courses are offered in Calgary or Red Deer.

Prerequisite

ITLS Provider is appropriate for all levels of EMS personnel—from Medical First Responders and EMRs to paramedics, trauma nurses, and physicians.

Course Content

Didactic:

• Scene Size-up

• Trauma Assessment and Management

• Airway Management

• Thoracic Trauma

• Shock

• Head Trauma

• Spinal Trauma

• Abdominal Trauma

• Extremity Trauma

• Burns

• Pediatric Trauma

• Geriatric Trauma

• Trauma in Pregnancy

• The Impaired Patient

• Trauma Arrest

• Standard Precautions

Skills Stations:

• Assessment skills

• Airway skills

• Thoracic trauma skills

• Vascular access skills

• Spine management skills

• Extremity trauma skills

Course Completion

• Successfully pass a practical exam
• Min. 75% mark for written exam
• Attend and participate in 100% of the course

Course Materials

The course manual is the 9th edition of the ITLS for Emergency Care Providers text - can be purchased at check out.

Price

• Full : $400
• Renewal : $250

Duration

• Full: 16 hours in-class
• Recert: 8 hours in-class