Advanced Burn Life Support
| Cost: $150 |
Discount: N/A |
Offsite Special: N/A |
Renewal: N/A |
| Total Hours: 8 |
Total Days: 1 |
Total Weeks: 0 |
Time: 9:00am - 6:00pm |
| College Credits: 0 |
Credit Hours: 0 |
Days: See Calendar
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Offered: Request only |
| Class Size: 4 – 30 |
Card or Certificate Awarded: “Advanced Burn Life Support” Certificate
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Prerequisite:
Non-expired HCP Card & Non-expired EMT-B Certificate.
Course Description:
The Advanced Burn Life Support program is an 8-hour course for Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Therapists, and Paramedics. The course provides guidelines in the assessment and management of a burn patient during the first 24 hours post injury. This course is designed to provide fire fighters, EMTs, Paramedics, LPN, Nurses, Etc, with the ability to assess and stabilize patients with serious burns during the first critical hours following injury and to identify those patients requiring transfer to a burn center. Course covers medical control, scene safety, multiple casualties, initial assessment, smoke inhalation injuries, circulation, electrical injuries, and chemical injuries.
Materials Needed for Class:
Included
Bring a pen or pencil, a note pad, and a lunch (if needed).
Additional Information:
Each year over 700,000 people in the US are treated for a burn injury. The quality of care during the first 24 hours after a burn injury has a major impact on the long term outcome.
The hours for this course are counted as continuing education hours for your EMT license renewal. Other EMT continuing education courses are: AMLS, GEMS, NALS, & PEPP.
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