Saving
Lives + Limbs Through Primary Trauma Care

We’re dedicated to training front line health workers to manage and care for people suffering from (major) injuries using the Primary Trauma Care (PTC) course.

~1,000,000

Health workers trained

160+

Courses completed each year

87

Countries reached
(as of 2024)

annual global FIGURES

10 million people is approximately 2 x the population of Ireland.
Injury kills nearly twice as many people each year as HIV, Malaria and TB COMBINED!
Despite this burden, the funding for care of the injured represents less than 1% of total Development Assistance for Health.

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Help Us Prepare for When the Worst Happens

By teaching front-line health workers how to deliver emergency medical care with only basic equipment, we relieve the suffering of those affected by war, violence, natural disaster and healthcare poverty. This life-saving training is completely free, funded entirely by donations.

"I have seen the effects of PTC training; it saves thousands of lives"
PTC training is vital if we are going to continue to save lives in the remote parts of this world. I have seen the effects of PTC training; it saves thousands of lives. I am proud to be part of the PTC team.

Dr Lucy Obolensky

MRCGP MSc DTM&H FRGS FBES, Associate Professor of Global Health + Remote Medicine, Plymouth UniversityPTC Instructor, Kenya

“The PTC course is used for saving people’s lives”
The PTC course is used for saving people’s lives. Trauma is a massive problem in Haiti, in fact across the world. Why don’t you partner with us, so we can run more courses and save more lives?

Michelle Joseph

MBBS, MSc, PhD, FRCS, PTC Instructor, Haiti.

“We saved a patient’s life by using the PTC systematic approach”
We recently saved a young lady who was hit by a car. She presented in shock. Chest trauma. Liver injury. Splenic injury. We saved her life by using the PTC systematic approach.

Akutu Manyika

MBCHB MMED Surgery FCS FACS, Namibia

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Atkins team raises over £2000 for PTCF

A BIG cheer for Charlie Hopwood and 9 members of the Atkins team who ran the Manchester Tough Mudder on 22 October raising over £2000 for PTCF.

First UK training day

On Friday 14 October 2022 three of the Primary Trauma Care Foundation’s senior faculty ran an intensive one-day training day for new UK NHS PTC faculty.

BBC South Today- Interview

On 22 June 2022, after a wonderful morning in glorious sunshine delivering elements of the PTC course in Oxford, we can now share with you all the news coverage on BBC South Today.

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