About us
Primary Trauma Care Foundation (PTCF) is an organization set up by clinicians to train Doctors and other Health Care Professionals in the management of the severely injured patient.
PTCF is a non-profit organization which aims to work with countries’ health care organisations to assess health care needs and to empower those organizations within a country to train their own personnel in the care of patients in a way that is:
- Appropriate
- Adaptable
- Affordable
- Sustainable
Since 1997, PTCF has run courses in about 60 countries worldwide. The PTC Manual has been translated into 14 languages and is freely available on the internet.
The two-day PTC course and one day instructor course are available free to those countries and organisations which require it. The PTCF works with government health departments, the WHO and other international health organizations to train people in these skills.
PTCF differs for many Charities and NGOs in that it works solely to establish a locally sustainable training model, to allow countries to train their own health care workers in order to maximize efficiency and cost effectiveness in health care provision.
The PTCF Structure
An outline of who does what in PTCF:
- The Board of Trustees is the governing body of the PTCF. Read more >>
- The Council is the PTCF’s senior representative body of experts. Read more >>
- PTC is a highly efficient body, operating with only three part time staff. Read more >>
- Local Committees are responsible for PTC on a regional and country basis. Read more >>
WFSA
The PTCF is pleased to acknowledge the encouragement, advice and support of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA).
WFSA’s Chair of the Education Committee is a co-opted member of our Board of Trustees. To visit the WFSA website click here.
“I have been proud to be the Patron of The Primary Trauma Care (PTC) Foundation for the last 5 years. During this time many new training and instructor courses have been delivered in developing countries. I am convinced of the value these have had in helping local doctors to provide appropriate immediate management to the seriously injured, thereby saving many lives”.