SIMS Academy

ITLS Refresher courses keep experienced ITLS providers and instructors up to date with the ITLS curriculum and skills.

ITLS Provider Recertification focuses on recertification of trauma assessment and management skills for the experienced provider who has already completed the Basic or Advanced Provider course.

Most ITLS Provider cards are issued for a 3-year certification period. To re-certify, providers must successfully complete a 1-day Recertification course or the full 2-day Provider course. (Chapter and Training Centre requirements for these options may vary.)

The 1-day Provider Recertification course covers the same skills stations and testing procedures as the 2-day Provider course. Students are tested based on their skill level (Basic or Advanced) and will also take the ITLS Written Exam. An ITLS Advanced Provider or ITLS Basic Provider card will be issued upon successful completion of both the Written and Practical Exams.

Course Content

Didactic:

• Scene Size-up
• Trauma Assessment and 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

Skills Stations:

• Patient assessment and management
• Basic and advanced airway management
• Spine management: Short SMR devices/Emergency rescue and rapid extrication
• Spine management: Helmet management/Log roll/Long backboard
• Traction splints
• Chest decompression/Fluid resuscitation

Testing:

• Written Exam
• Practical Exam

Prerequisites

Current ITLS Certification