International Trauma Life Support (ITLS) – DUTY TO RESPOND
Course by International Trauma Life Support
Course Description: 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. This course focuses on initial patient evaluation and critical interventions required to manage patient until the next level of care arrives.
Intended Audience: Lifeguards, Firefighters, First Responders, Advanced First Aiders- essentially anyone who has a duty to respond as part of their employment or volunteer work and looking to ensure they are comfortable with dealing with a trauma situation.
Course Prerequisites: Standard First Aid Level C Certification
Course Overview:
Course content:
Didactic and Skills:
Course modules highlight:
- Scene considerations
- Rapid trauma patient assessment
- Shock and bleeding
- Airway breathing interventions
- Delayed transport care and reassessment
- Hypothermia
- Triage and communications
Course duration (time/days): 7.5 hours in-class (in-class 1 day)
Certification: Valid for 3 years after the course completion
Course Materials:
The responsibility of obtaining the textbook is up to you, the participant, and is not included in the course.
The course’s guide is the ITLS Duty to Respond, First on Scene Rapid Trauma Management Pocket Guide
The pocket guide can be purchased at our office 301 Moodie Drive, Unit 101, Nepean, ON, K2H 9C4 on weekdays 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. or ordered through our website: ITLS Duty to Respond, First on Scene Rapid Trauma Management Pocket Gu – First Aid Plus (first-aid-plus-canada.myshopify.com)
The pocked guide can also be purchased on Amazon.
If you are registering more than 1 person, please make sure you are using different emails for each participant