The Primary Trauma Care and Disaster Management Course is designed to empower local medical personnel in injury prevention strategies, as well as in the management of severe trauma at the district hospital level. Devolution of responsibility for the educational material and courses has enabled local practitioners to adapt the PTC program to train healthcare professionals to treat severely injured patients in areas where previously, due to inadequate resources and training, the comprehensive treatment of these patients was not previously available.

The first PTC Delhi Course was held in September 2005 at Apollo Hospital, New Delhi.The Inaugural session of the course was presided over by the Chief Minister of Delhi, Ms Shiela Dikhsit and the guest of honour was the Pakistani High Commissioner Mr Aziz Ahmad Khan.