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New Program for First Responders!

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ITLS: Duty to Respond

FIRST ON SCENE RAPID TRAUMA MANAGEMENT

ITLS Duty To Respond is a 1-day hands-on practical trauma management course designed for first responders who have a duty to respond to emergencies.

Focus on: Initial patient evaluation and critical interventions required to manage patient until the next level of care arrives

Course modules highlight:

  • Scene considerations
  • Rapid trauma patient assessment
  • Shock and bleeding
  • Airway breathing interventions
  • Delayed transport care and reassessment
  • Hypothermia
  • Triage and communications
First aid certification required as prerequisite

ITLS Mourns the Loss of Founder and President Dr. John Campbell

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Dr. John Campbell

It is with tremendous sadness that International Trauma Life Support (ITLS) announces the passing of our founder and president, John Emory Campbell, MD, FACEP, of Alabama. Dr. Campbell passed away in his home on August 29, 2018 after a long illness. He was 75 years old.

Known worldwide for his groundbreaking work in developing prehospital trauma education, Dr. Campbell founded the Basic Trauma Life Support (BTLS) program in 1982. It was the first course and curriculum dedicated to prehospital trauma assessment and trauma care worldwide. Dr. Campbell conducted the first BTLS course at Southeast Alabama EMS System on August 23, 1982. The goal of the first BTLS course was to provide the student the knowledge and experience to recognize, assess and care for critical trauma patients and ensure timely transport to the emergency department. Students were taught to identify conditions requiring “load and go.” From its beginning, patient assessment has been the core of the BTLS/ITLS curriculum.

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