Duration
16h Pr
Number of credits
Advanced Master in Emergency Medicine (360 ECTS) | 1 crédit |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The PHTLS: The Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support course is a 2-day training program aimed in particular at pre-hospital workers who have to take care of traumatized patients. It is recommended in Belgium for PIT and SMUR prehospital vectors, including for the management of major trauma victims. PHTLS is designed on the principle of evidence-based medicine and prioritizes efficiency above all else through a pragmatic approach. Based for its structure on the concept of the ATLS course for doctors, the PHTLS allows, through its original pedagogical approach, to improve the capacities of the students to evaluate the state of gravity of a patient and to carry out the adequate life-saving gestures.
This is a course for students who will have to take care of traumatized patients in prehospital.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of the training, students will be able to: - move towards a systematic assessment of the trauma patient - manage priorities by following the principle of "Treat first what kill first".
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
see MAEL, trauma modules
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The PHTLS course consists of several learning methods: - individual study, individual exercise, team exercise, observation, imitation, simulation, feedback
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Recommended or required readings
the PHTLS book
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Additional information:
assessment is continuous and relies on students' abilities to progress through learning
objectives
Work placement(s)
none
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
You do not have to register on the PHTLS website to request a course if you are part of the relevant specialization master's
You will be notified directly by email of your registration for a course session by the course center.
The simulation center (CARE simulation: www.caresimulation.uliege.be) manages the organisation; this will be outsourced and managed by the André Renard site (Dr S Charpentier), which has an agreement with PHTLS Belgium.
Contacts
info-centresimulation@uliege.be
stephanie.charpentier@andrerenard.be
benoit.cardos@uliege.be