Event Detail
Advance Disaster Life Support (ADLS™)
When: By appointment
Type of Event: In-Person Training
Where: TBD
Target Audience : Must be an EMT-P, RN, MD, or DO, and have completed AMA Basic Disaster Life Support course
About This Event:
Presenters:
Vocational Education and Extension Board of Nassau County (VEEB)
Overview:
ADLS™ is a comprehensive 16-hour advanced practicum of the principles introduced in Basic Disaster Life Support (BDLS™ ). ADLS™ includes lectures on the following:
- MASS Triage™ in detail
- Community and hospital disaster planning
- Media and communications during disasters
- Mass fatality management
In addition, small group interactive sessions allow students to work through a series of difficult questions of disaster management in a tabletop format.
Day 2 of ADLS™ (the “hands on” day of training) includes four skills stations that reinforce the previous day's learning.
These skills stations are as follows:
- MASS Triage™ - This challenging station allows the students to practice the concepts of the disaster paradigm with an emphasis on patient triage. Simulated disaster victims must be triaged and treated correctly while attempting to manage a chaotic scene and request appropriate resources.
- PPE and Decontamination – This station teaches important concepts about the use of personal protective equipment and decontamination technique. Students are give the opportunity to wear PPE and participate in a simulated decontamination while attempting to render medical care.
- Disaster Skills – This station teaches important information about vital skills necessary for medical disaster management. Students are taught vital information on the Strategic National Stockpile, and proper Mark-I kit use. Students are also allowed to practice Small pox immunization.
- Human Patient Simulator – Recognition of victims of a chemical and biological disaster is paramount. This station is designed to reinforce the detection and proper treatment of conditions that may occur during disasters that we do not normally treat. Treatment of chemical, biological, and traumatic patients is covered. The use of these high fidelity simulators allows the student to see, hear and feel information that would normally be provided by an instructor allow for a more realistic experience than normal manikins would allow.
Includes an AMA textbook, official AMA completion card & CME.
ADLS™ is a trademark of the American Medical Association.
How to Register:
For information and to register, please contact Frank Chester fchester@veeb.org 516-826-0802 or Kevin O’Hara kohara@veeb.org