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
5 million people = the population of Ireland.
Injury kills more people each year than HIV, Malaria, TB, Measles, Mumps and Covid-19 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.
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. 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 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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Discover our latest news, stories, and updates.
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.
