Class Enrollment

PHTLS Refresher Course (401.3710.497)
Date/Time:	Mon 8/25/2025 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:	UT Health East Texas EMS, 352 South Glenwood, Tyler TX 75702
Class Price:	$150.00
Notes:	Attention: UT Health East Texas EMS Employees! Please make sure to check the Ninth Brain announcement to get the Promo Code required to waive the fee. Also, check your current ITLS/PHTLS Certification and make sure the expiration date in Ninth Brain correlates with the expiration date on your certification. If the dates do not correlate, contact vicky.lamay@uthet.com Parking is located on the corner of Front Street @ Glenwood, across the street from the EMS Administration building. If the gate is down, the code to get in the gate is 911*

NAEMT's Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) is recognized around the world as the leading continuing education program for prehospital emergency trauma care. The mission of PHTLS is to promote excellence in trauma patient management by all providers involved in the delivery of prehospital care.  PHTLS is developed by NAEMT in cooperation with the American College of Surgeons' Committee on Trauma. The Committee provides the medical direction and content oversight for the PHTLS program. 

PHTLS courses improve the quality of trauma care and decrease mortality. The program is based on a philosophy stressing the treatment of the multi-system trauma patient as a unique entity with specific needs. PHTLS promotes critical thinking as the foundation for providing quality care. It is based on the belief that, given a good fund of knowledge and key principles, EMS practitioners are capable of making reasoned decisions regarding patient care. The course utilizes the internationally recognized PHTLS textbook and covers the following topics:

• Physiology of life and death
• Scene assessment
• Patient assessment
• Airway
• Breathing, ventilation and oxygenation
• Circulation, hemorrhage and shock
• Patients with disabilities
• Patient simulations

PHTLS is the global gold standard in prehospital trauma education and is taught in 64 countries. PHTLS is appropriate for EMTs, paramedics, nurses, physician assistants, physicians, and other prehospital providers. PHTLS is accredited by CAPCE and recognized by NREMT.

Pre-Test information will be provided via email. Contact vicky.lamay@uthet.com if you do not receive the information

Course Requirements:

Attended the entire course

Adhered to course content and demonstrated all practical skills

Successful completion of course post-test

Any student who is unsuccessful in one segment of the evaluative process will be permitted an opportunity to receive remediation and retesting.

Book:

• A paper book will be available for use in class but is not included in the course fee. You can purchase a book via the JB Learning Website, but make sure it is the 10th Edition Textbook.

Card:

A PHTLS Provider Card will be available within 5-20 business days. A letter stating the course has been successfully completed can be issued the day of the course upon request.

Cost

• $150.00 for the card course
• $50.00 for 8 hours of EMS CE Credit Only (you will not receive the PHTLS card but will be provided with a CE certificate the day of the course)
• Use promo code EMSCE8
• Exempt from payment: UT Health East Texas EMS and Affiliated First Responders.
• Contact  vicky.lamay@uthet.com for details
• UT Health East Texas EMS Employees can obtain the promo code via the Ninth Brain Announcement of Card Courses
• Employers may choose to receive an invoice after the course
• Contact  vicky.lamay@uthet.com to set up the invoice details