Advanced HAZMAT life support

Advanced Hazmat Life Support (AHLS) has been the international leader since 1999, training interdisciplinary healthcare professionals to care for patients exposed to hazardous materials and dangerous goods. Since 1999, the AHLS team, including over 1,200 AHLS Instructors, has trained over 17,600 paramedics, physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals from 68 countries to face the clinical challenges of caring for patients exposed to threats, including Hazardous materials, dangerous goods , Chemical spills, Toxic releases, biological agents ,Radiological sources, Nuclear incident, Toxic terrorism.

AHLS courses are intended for:

Physicians
Nurses
Paramedics
Pharmacists
Respiratory Therapists
Elite military & civilian medics from around the world
Toxicologists
EMS agencies

Continuing education credits are provided by The University of Arizona College of Medicine,^[1] Continuing Education Coordinating Board for EMS, and The University of Arizona College of Pharmacy via ACPE, and physicians receive credit via the American College of Emergency Physicians.

AHLS Provider Course

The Advanced Hazmat Life Support (AHLS) Provider program is a 16-hour, two-day course that teaches healthcare professionals to medically manage patients exposed to hazardous materials, including chemical, biological and radiological incidents. After the AHLS Provider course, participants will be able to:

Rapidly assess hazmat patients
Recognize toxic syndromes (toxidromes)
Discuss the medical management of hazmat patients
Apply the Poisoning Treatment Paradigm™
Identify and recognize appropriate administration of specific antidotes

Those who complete the course and receive 80% or higher on the final exam will become a verified AHLS Provider for a period of four years. At the end of those four years, an online re-verification exam is required, if within six months of expiration. Those with expired verification for longer than six months must attend a live course to become re-verified.

Become an AHLS Provider

Each AHLS Provider Course is taught by a board-certified toxicologist, physician, and other AHLS Instructors. These expert instructors train healthcare professionals to become AHLS Providers and care for victims of hazmat incidents and toxic terrorism.

Small-group, interactive, tabletop exercises are included in all the AHLS Courses.

The AHLS Provider Course begins with a multiple choice pre-test to assess participants’ current knowledge and serves as a excellent study resource for the multiple choice post-test. Healthcare professionals who achieve at least 80% on their post-test are verified as AHLS Providers for four years.

The AHLS Instructor Course concludes with a multiple choice exam. Healthcare professionals who achieve at least 80% on this post-test become AHLS Instructors.

More details on AHLS Provider Course and its Continual Education Credit can be found on the following link:https://www.ahls.org/site/provider-course/

AHLS Instructor Course

The AHLS Instructor program is a four-hour course, preparing you to teach AHLS in your area. Often, this course follows the two-day AHLS Provider Course.

Qualified participants become verified AHLS Providers and/or Instructor for a period of four years upon successful completion of the course. Re-verification can be done by taking an exam online to become re-verified for an additional four years.

AHLS Instructor Course covers:

AHLS Policies & Procedures
How to Conduct an AHLS Program
Adult Education Teaching Tools
Mini Lecture Series
Exam

Find more details on AHLS Instructor Course and its Continuing Education Credit on: https://www.ahls.org/site/take-a-course/instructor-course/

Other courses

The AHLS for Toxic Terrorism: Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Casualties program is a 4-hour course, derived from the AHLS Provider Course.
AHLS for Chemical Burns & Toxic Products of Combustion Course is a 4-hour course, derived from the AHLS Provider course. The specialized course teaches healthcare professionals to medically manage chemical burns and toxic inhalation injuries, including carbon monoxide and cyanide poisoning.
The AHLS for Radiological Incidents & Terrorism program is a 4-hour course that trains healthcare professionals to medically manage patients with acute radiation syndrome and internal contamination with radionuclides.
The AHLS for Tox-Medics course is designed for paramedics, flight nurses, and their medical directors. This 4-hour course is for current AHLS Providers who want to further their knowledge with an operations level course. This course takes a hands-on approach to the Poisoning Treatment Paradigm™ and other fundamentals learned in the AHLS Provider course. You must be a current AHLS Provider in order to take this course.
BHLS is 3-hour continuing education course. The course is online, consisting of 11 modules, pre-test, formative questions throughout the course, and a post-test. The course can be completed in separate sessions, at the student’s convenience.

Please see https://www.ahls.org/site/take-a-course/ for more details on upcoming courses.

Host a course

AHLS can be offered in any city around the world. Any AHLS Verified Instructor (there currently are over 1,200) is able to apply and host a course. If you do not have a Verified AHLS Instructor in your community, you can become an Instructor by taking the Provider/Instructor course offered in another community.

Call AHLS Headquarters at (520) 626-2305 / 626-1982 or contact your AHLS Regional Director to obtain a list of AHLS Verified Instructors who can assist you in offering the course.

References

↑ http://ocme.arizona.edu/

Walter, FG. Advanced Hazmat Life Support Provider Manual, 3rd ed, Tucson, AZ, 2003.
Meislin, HM. Advanced Hazmat Life Support Instructor Manual, 2nd ed, Tucson, AZ, 2003.

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