Advanced Disaster Life Support - ADLS (NDLSF)
Instructional Hours: 15.00
Course Objective: To provide health care clinicians and professionals an opportunity to demonstrate competencies in casualty decontamination, specified essential skills, and mass casualty incident information systems/technology application for hazardous incidents including natural and accidental human-made events, traumatic and explosive events, nuclear and radiological events, biological events and chemical events.
Course Description: Core elements of the course include: Disasters and Public Health Emergencies; Triage in Disasters and Public Health Emergencies; Health System Surge Capacity for Disasters and Public Health Emergencies; Community Health Emergency Operations and Response; and Legal and Ethical Issues in Disasters. Essential training components include population scenarios discussion; mass casualty triage tabletop and situational training exercises; surge tabletop scenario for a health care facility; personal protective equipment skills performance and decontamination video review; casualty management in small groups with simulated scenarios; and emergency operations center situational training exercise.
Successful Completion: Students must attend all course sessions and demonstrate proficiency in the practical skills exercises. Successful completion of the course provides certification in ADLS. To maintain these credentials, renewal training is required every three years.
Continuing Education: The continuing education hours are approved by the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) www.miemss.org and the Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency Medical Services (CECBEMS) www.cecbems.org and are recognized by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) www.nremt.org.
Prerequisites
EMS 226: Basic Disaster Life Support
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