About PHTLS

Our Mission:  Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) promotes excellence in trauma patient management by all providers involved in the delivery of prehospital care through global education.

PHTLS is developed by the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians in cooperation with the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. NAEMT's Prehospital Trauma Life Support Program is led by a team of outstanding individuals, each of whom are recognized leaders in their field of expertise.  Biographies of our committee members are listed below.

 

Will Chapleau, Chairperson
Greg Chapman, Vice Chair
Norman McSwain Jr., MD, Medical Director
Peter Pons, MD,  Associate Medical Director
Jeffrey Guy, MD, Associate Medical Director
Michael Hunter, Region 1 Coordinator
August Bamonti, Region 2 Coordinator
Craig Jacobus, Region 3 Coordinator
Dennis Rowe, Committee Member
Frank Butler, MD, Consultant, Military Medicine
Steven Mercer, Consultant, Education & Research
Scott B. Frame, In Memorium

View the the following documents for additional information about PHTLS:

History of PHTLS

PHTLS Awards

PHTLS 2008 Award Recipients

International PHTLS Programs

2008 Scott B. Frame Memorial Lecture "Controversies in Trauma Care"

Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) promotes excellence in trauma patient management by all providers involved in the delivery of prehospital care through global education.

PHTLS is developed by the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians in cooperation with the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma.

 

Trauma Resources

The following web site links and documents provide additional information regarding trauma care:

Using capnography to guide ventilation rates review

Tourniquets 2010

National Trauma Data Bank
American College of Surgeons - Trauma Programs
American Trauma Society
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
Orthopedic Trauma Association
trauma.org
Effect of PHTLS on Trauma Care
Journal Watch TCCC
Impact of ambulance response time on trauma outcome
Lost cost improvements in prehospital trauma care in Latin America
Opinions on Prehospital Trauma Care
PHTLS Study
Spinal Clearance Criteria
Trauma Outcomes
Linkages between trauma systems and public health in disaster preparedness
Blast Injury Fact Sheets from the CDC