2024 Tidewater Healthcare Expo - Hazmat Course offerings
Good morning Tidewater Regional Partners,
This year’s Tidewater Healthcare Expo is offering two hazmat courses at no cost:
2024-05-15 (Wednesday) 08:30 12:30 Chemical Burns & Toxic Products of Combustion Course Trauma (BLS 13/ALS 18) TBD Riverside F
2024-05-15 (Wednesday) 13:30 17:30 Radiological Incidents & Terrorism Trauma (BLS 13/ALS 18) TBD Riverside F
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.
- Recognize that inhalation is the most common route of exposure at hazmat incidents
- List the routes of exposure for acids, bases, oxidizers, and white phosphorus
- Describe characteristic signs and symptoms of poisoning by hydrofluoric acid
- Recite the Poisoning Treatment Paradigm™ for asphyxiant poisonings
AHLS for Radiological Incidents & Terrorism Course is a 4-hour course that trains healthcare professionals to medically manage patients with acute radiation syndrome and internal contamination with radionuclides.
- Describe the basics of radiation physics
- List different types of radiation detection equipment
- Discuss the evaluation and management of patients contaminated with radioactive materials
- Discuss the evaluation and management of patients exposed to ionizing radiation
Thanks, David
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