PTC Course

Welcome to the Primary Trauma Care Course, developed by the Primary Trauma Care Foundation. This course teaches how to care for patients during emergencies in areas with limited health care.

• Who is this for: Doctors in EDs in LMICs and austere environments
• Knowledge baseline assumptions: baseline medical knowledge

Syllabus

• NREMT Skillset (prerequisite)
• Airway
• Breathing
• Chest Trauma
• Circulation
• Abdominal & Pelvic Trauma
• Primary Survey
• Limb Trauma
• Head Trauma
• Paediatric Trauma
• Trauma Triage
• Trauma in Pregnancy
• Focussed Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) Scan
• Secondary Survey
• Spinal Trauma
• Burns
• Transport of Critically Ill Patients

Appendices

• Appendix 1: Primary Survey Flow Chart
• Appendix 2: Airway Management Techniques
• Appendix 3: Breathing Management and Chest Injuries
• Appendix 4: Equipment requirements, airway & breathing management
• Appendix 5: Vital Signs and Blood Loss
• Appendix 6: Massive Transfusion
• Appendix 7: Pain Management in Trauma
• Appendix 8: FAST
• Appendix 9: Dermatomes
• Appendix 10: Paediatric Physiological Values
• Appendix 11: Trauma Triage
• Appendix 12: Management of Mass Casualties

Authors

Original Authors

• Dr Douglas Wilkinson - BSc, MBChB, MRCGP, FRCA, FFICM
• Dr Marcus Skinner - MSc, BMedSc, DipDHM, MBBS, FANZCA
• With assistance from PTC colleagues

Revision Team

• Dr Marcus Skinner - MSc, BMedSc, DipDHM, MBBS, FANZCA
• Dr Saeed Minhas - MBBS, FCPS
• Dr Haydn Perndt - AM FFARCS, FANZCA, MPH, TM
• Dr Jayakrishnan Radhakrishnan - MBBS, HDip Surg (SA), FCS (SA)
• Dr Juan Carlos Duarte Giraldo - MD, MTSVA, CLASA Trauma Committee
• Dr Georgina Phillips - MBBS, FACEM
• Dr James de Courcy - MB BS, DCH, FHEA, FRCA, FFPMRCA
• Mr Charles Clayton - BSc, MA, FIOD, FRSA
• With additional advice from Dr Michael Dobson - MB ChB MRCP FRCA