Help us meet our goal of raising $100,000 this year to
fund Pediatric International Trauma Life Support and Critical Care
Support trainings. The "golden hour" is the time following a traumatic injury when prompt medical treatment has the
highest likelihood to prevent
death. Chances of survival are greatest if care is received within
a short period of time after a severe injury. [13]
Did you know?
- No patient produces more anxiety in
caregivers than the critically injured child
- Individual medical personnel, especially in the pre-hospital
setting, rarely have to deal with a critically injured child and
therefore have little experience managing their injuries
- Budget shortfalls have forced EMS
services and other pre-hospital care to choose more general
types of training
- When
medical personnel are appropriately trained, there is a better
outcome - children's lives are saved!
- PITLS is the only
pediatric-specific, EMS-focused trauma course available
- The Pediatric Fundamental Critical
Care Support (PFCCS) course is a two-day program for physicians,
nurses and other healthcare professionals that provides the tools
to recognize a child's need for critical care, especially when a
pediatric specialist is not available