Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) is considered a leading continuing education program for prehospital emergency trauma care. PHTLS courses impact the quality of trauma care and decrease mortality. The program is a 2-day, 16 hour course, delivered with a philosophical approach that stresses the treatment of the multi-system trauma patient as a unique entity with specific needs. It is based on the belief that, given a good fund of knowledge and key principles, practitioners are capable of making reasoned decisions regarding patient care.
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