INTERNATIONAL TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT

NORTH CAROLINA CHAPTER

CHAPTER NEWS

The 9th Edition ITLS materials should be utilized to conduct classes effective 09/19/2020.

9th Edition Student Pretests are available in the Student's Area.

The 9th Edition Instructor Update course is now available and is required to be completed by all instructors before teaching and using the new 9th Edition manual.  Instructors, please read this letter from State Chapter Director Billy Eldridge concerning the 9th Edition Instructor update.

If your Instructor certification expires in 2019, please let me know so that a 1 year extension card can be issued. ITLS North Carolina is issuing this 1-year extension card to keep your ITLS instructor certification current and valid until then. After completing the 9th Edition update, instructor cards will be issued with a 4 year expiration date.

All ITLS initial and recertification classes will now be a 4-year certifications.

Effective January 1, 2019, ITLS Class fees will increase to $27.00.  This represents an increase in the ITLS International Fee to $17.00 and the State Chapter fee remains at $10.00.  The good new is that all ITLS initial and recertification classes will now be a 4-year certification.  The new Tally form is available on the Manual page.  

North Carolina Chapter of International Trauma Life Support (NC ITLS) is now incorporated as a free-standing organization. NCITLS has been sponsored by the NC College of Emergency Physicians since 1984. It was determined by the NCITLS Board of Directors that it was time for the Chapter became a freestanding organization. The mission of North Carolina International Trauma Life Support, Inc. is clearer and stronger than ever in furthering the cause of trauma treatment and education in North Carolina and the Chapter is poised to move forward in meeting those objectives.