INTERNATIONAL TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT

NORTH CAROLINA CHAPTER

 The North Carolina Chapter of ITLS will be hosting the ITLS International Trauma Conference November 5-7, 2009 at the Hilton Charlotte University Place.  Look for a special page on this event soon!

The latest ITLS International Newsletter can be viewed here (February 2009).

The new NC Chapter Manual is available online.  It reflects changes in pricing.  Go to the Course Directors/Instructors page to download the new Manual.  

Course Directors and Instructors should go to the Course Directors/Instructors page for the 6th Edition PowerPoint slides and Instructor's Manual.  Post tests may only be obtained from the State Chapter Coordinator.

Students should go to the Student's Area to downlopad pretests, grading sheets, and class guide.

The NC ITLS Chapter address as well as ITLS International's address have changed.  NC Forms have been changed.

New addresses are:

Terry DeRhodes	ITLS International
NC ITLS Chapter Director	3000 Woodcreek Drive
654 White's Farm Rd.	Suite 200
Statesville, NC 28625	Downers Grove, IL 60515

Basic Trauma Life Support has been renamed International Trauma Life Support  (ITLS)

International Trauma Life Support (ITLS) is a program developed by the Alabama Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).  The course is designed to compliment the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course delivered to Physicians.  ITLS teaches a system of assessment that makes critical interventions during the primary survey to correct threats to airway, respirations, and circulation. The system teaches the "ABC's" while  incorporating advanced airway maneuvers, cricothyrotomy, chest decompression, and IV therapy. The basics such as spinal immobilization, oxygen therapy, basic airway maneuvers, and extrication methods are also taught.  The course utilizes lecture and hands on teaching.  Practical skills stations and scenario stations are utilized to allow students the opportunity to perfect the skills needed to assess, treat, and package trauma patients.

There is, however an ITLS course especially for BLS personnel such as First Responders, EMT-B's, etc.  It emphasizes the same assessment ideology as Advanced ITLS and is an excellent course for BLS personnel.

There is also ITLS Access. The ITLS Access course will provide EMS crews and first responders with the training they need to utilize tools commonly carried on an ambulance or first responder unit to reach entrapped patients and conduct stabilization and extrication.

Pediatric ITLS deals with trauma to children.  Children are not little adults and this course emphasizes the difference in anatomy, physiology, and treatment of pediatric trauma patients.

Also see our links page for links to some of the specialty equipment utilized in the 5th edition ITLS Book as well as other sites of interest.

North Carolina ITLS operates under the auspices of the North Carolina College of Emergency Physicians (NCCEP).