ITLS offers a spectrum of courses listed below, designed to meet the educational
needs of EMS professionals, from the very basic to the most advanced. During the coming years,
ITLS' courses will transition from the "BTLS"
to the "ITLS" name.
ITLS' current courses have the BTLS imprint.
To be certified, a BTLS course must be taught by registered BTLS instructors under the sponsorship of ITLS International, an ITLS chapter, or an ITLS training centre. The course does not certify future performance nor does it confer license of any kind upon successful completion.
Class Decriptions
BTLS Basic - Basic BTLS gives EMT-B's, first responders, and technicians complete training in the skills they need for rapid assessment, resuscitation, stabilization and transportation of trauma patients. The 16-hour course is designed for providers who are first to evaluate and stabilize the trauma patient. Hands-on stations include: basic airway, spine management / rapid extrication, short back board, helmet management, log roll and long back board, traction splints, patient assessment and management.
BTLS Advanced - Advanced BTLS is a comprehensive course for EMT-P's, trauma nurses, physicians and other advanced EMS personnel. The BTLS Advanced course covers the skills necessary for rapid assessment, resuscitation, stabilization and transportation of trauma patients , using as its core, the BTLS Basic Course. The 16-hour course emphasizes evaluation steps and sequencing and techniques for resuscitation and packaging a patient. Hands-on stations include: basic and advanced airway, chest decompression and fluid resuscitation, spinal restriction / rapid extrication, short back board, helmet management, log roll and long back board, traction splints, patient assessment and management.
