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Training Capabilities – Medical Disaster Preparedness Training

Basic Disaster Life Support (BDLS) Training

The UNLV Institute for Security Studies offers medical disaster preparedness training to ready first responders and hospital staff for mass fatality incidents, mass triage, decontamination, explosive event trauma, and facility disaster planning. This course will enhance participants’ preparedness for real-world incidents and augment their abilities to update response plans. Basic Disaster Life Support (BDLS) training presents disaster management topics in a user-friendly format that will enable participants to apply course techniques in their own professions.

Format: One-day, instructional training course (eight hours)
Cost: $200.00 (group discount rates available)
Designed by: This instructional program was designed by an academic consortium consisting of the National Disaster Life Support Foundation and is endorsed by the American Medical Association.

We invite you to explore the following core concepts with our professional trainers. Register for training by contacting Ross Bryant at (702) 939-4625 or ross.bryant@unlv.edu.

  • D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R Paradigm – This standardized method of recognizing and managing a disaster scene while caring for victims includes training on: detection, incident command, safety and security, assessing hazards, support, triage and treatment, evacuation, and recovery.

  • Natural disasters

  • Traumatic and explosive events

  • Nuclear and radiological events

  • Biological events

  • Chemical events

  • Psychological aspects

  • Public health implications of disaster

Register for training by contacting Ross Bryant at (702) 939-4625 or ross.bryant@unlv.edu.

Designed to meet your requirements

  • BDLS meets the 29 CFR1910.120 requirement for Hazardous Materials Awareness.

  • Participation in BDLS qualifies for 7.5 American Medical Association (AMA) Category 1 credits and qualifies for .8 continuing education units (CEUs) from UNLV.

ACCME Statement: The American Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

 

 

 

 
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