ITLS Basic Provider Course Canada
The ITLS Provider course delivers 8 hours of classroom instruction and 8 hours of hands-on skills training across two days, with certification testing for ITLS Basic or Advanced provider. Skills stations are tailored to your certification level.
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. The curriculum covers core trauma knowledge and skills relevant across every level of care.
What you'll cover
- ▪Scene size-up
- ▪Trauma assessment & management
- ▪Airway management
- ▪Thoracic trauma
- ▪Shock
- ▪Head trauma
- ▪Spinal trauma
- ▪Abdominal trauma
- ▪Extremity trauma
- ▪Burns
- ▪Pediatric trauma
- ▪Geriatric trauma
- ▪Trauma in pregnancy
- ▪The impaired patient
- ▪Trauma arrest
- ▪Standard precautions
Hands-on skills stations
- Assessment
- Airway
- Thoracic trauma
- Vascular access
- Spine management
- Extremity trauma
Certification testing
- Written exam
- Practical (patient assessment) exam
ITLS Provider certification is valid for 3 years from course completion.
Course materials
The textbook is not included in the course fee, but we strongly recommend the ITLS Provider Manual, 1st Edition and that you read it in full before attending — it deepens your knowledge and improves your chance of passing the certification test. Manuals can be collected from our training centre at 301 Moodie Drive, Suite 106, Nepean, Ontario, or ordered online.
In-class training is delivered by our instructors at our Nepean training centre, 301 Moodie Drive, Suite 106. Questions about availability, the patient-assessment practical, or booking a session at your own site? Get in touch.