Credit

• 8 elective CEUs for NJ EMTs
• 8 hours towards Section II for Nationally-Registered EMTs at all levels.  Nationally-Registered EMT-Paramedics can apply 16 hours from PHTLS toward their Section 1A or Section III requirements.
• 8 hours of continuing education credit from CECBEMS
• CEU approval for New Jersey paramedics is through their  MICU Clinical Coordinator.

Description
Prehospital Trauma Life Support PHTLS is the continuing education program developed by the Prehospital Trauma Life Support Committee of the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) in cooperation with the Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons (ACS-COT) and their New Jersey Committee on Trauma.  It is a program designed to increase the abilities of pre-hospital providers to assess and manage trauma.  Course faculty include professionals from the Level 1 Trauma Center at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.

Prerequisites
The Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support program is open to certified EMS responders who have current PHTLS provider status at the time of the course. 

Date(s) & Time(s)
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on:

• February 19, 2010
• November 19, 2010

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