ITLS International Trauma Life Support Course Provider - Pediatric
ITLS Pediatric focuses on the special needs of young trauma patients. In 8 hours you'll learn the principles of proper assessment, management, critical interventions, patient packaging, and rapid transport — plus proven techniques for communicating with young patients and their parents. You'll leave confident and competent caring for a critically injured child.
Who it's for
Pre-hospital personnel: first responders, emergency medical responders, firefighters, PCP, ACP, CCP, and wilderness or industrial medical staff.
In-hospital & clinic personnel: ER, ICU and trauma nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and physicians.
What you'll cover
- ▪The injured child
- ▪Assessment of the pediatric patient
- ▪The pediatric airway
- ▪Pediatric thoracic trauma
- ▪Pediatric shock & fluid resuscitation
- ▪Pediatric abdominal trauma
- ▪Pediatric head trauma
- ▪Pediatric spinal trauma
- ▪Pediatric extremity trauma
- ▪Pediatric burns
- ▪Pediatric submersion injuries
- ▪Pediatric traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest
- ▪Child abuse
- ▪Death of a child
- ▪Trauma in the newborn
- ▪Children with special health-care needs
Hands-on skills stations
- Patient assessment & management
- Airway management & thoracic trauma
- Fluid resuscitation
- Spinal motion restriction & extrication (pediatric immobilization devices)
Certification testing
- Written exam
- Practical exam
Certification is valid for 3 years from course completion.
Course materials
The textbook is not included in the course fee, but it deepens your knowledge and improves your chance of passing. The recommended manual is the ITLS Pediatric Book, 3rd Edition. Manuals can be collected from our training centre at 301 Moodie Drive, Suite 106, Nepean, Ontario, or ordered online.
Delivered by our instructors at our Nepean training centre, 301 Moodie Drive, Suite 106. Questions about availability or booking a session at your own site? Get in touch.