Course Date: October 1, 2025
Location: 300 Nazareth Road, Kalamazoo, MI
Cost: TBD
Prerequisites: BDLS within the last 3 years
Click to register: https://register3.ndlsf.org/course/view.php?id=3794
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Course Date: September 25, 2025
Course Location: WMed UpJohn Campus, TBL#1, 300 Portage Road, Kalamazoo, MI 49007
Cost: No cost to students. Closed course for Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine first-year medical students. Contact Judy Wheeler at judy.wheeler@wmed.edu with any questions.
Prerequisites: Pre-Course Assessment and 18 Modules of Online Work
Click to register: https://register3.ndlsf.org/course/view.php?id=3785
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Course Date: November 10, 2023
Location: Virtual
Cost: None
Prerequisites: BDLS & ADLS
Click to register: https://register3.ndlsf.org/course/view.php?id=3354
The National Disaster Life Support Instructor's course provides the core content and materials for participants who have successfully completed the BDLS v3.0 and ADLS v3.0 to become a certified NDLS Instructor. All NDLS instructors must be affiliated with a NDLS training center in order to teach any of the NDLS courses including CDLS, BDLS, and ADLS.
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Course Date: October 5, 2023
Course Location: Grand Valley State University, L.V. Eberhard Center, 301 Fulton St W, Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Cost: The course is provided at no cost to Michigan residents. Costs incurred, including catering, CME fees, and books will be covered 100% by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services with funding from the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Hospital Preparedness Program Cooperative Agreement. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of ASPR. Contact Judy Wheeler at judy.wheeler@wmed.edu with any questions
Prerequisites: None
Click to register: https://register3.ndlsf.org/course/view.php?id=3338
The Basic Disaster Life Support™ (BDLS®) course is a seven hour competency-based, awareness-level course that introduces concepts and principles to prepare health professionals for the management of injuries and illnesses caused by disasters and public health emergencies. The course builds upon, applies, and reinforces information presented in the Core Disaster Life Support® (CDLS®) course. This includes application of core principles and concepts in emergency management and public health as introduced in the CDLS course through the PRE-DISASTER Paradigm™ and DISASTER Paradigm™. The primary focus of the BDLS course is incorporation of an “all-hazards” approach to mass casualty management and population-based care across a broad range of disasters. Measures to ensure and enhance health workforce readiness are emphasized throughout the course. This includes a consistent and scalable approach to workforce protection and casualty management, as well as, mass casualty triage and fatality management.
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Course Date: July 11, 2023
Course Location: Kalamazoo Valley Community College, 224 E. Crosstown Pkwy, Kalamazoo, MI 49001
Cost: This course is grant funded for Michigan residents. Contact Judy Wheeler at judy.wheeler@wmed.edu with any enrollment questions.
Prerequisites: None
Click to register: https://register3.ndlsf.org/course/view.php?id=3291
The Basic Disaster Life Support™ (BDLS®) course is a seven hour competency-based, awareness-level course that introduces concepts and principles to prepare health professionals for the management of injuries and illnesses caused by disasters and public health emergencies. The course builds upon, applies, and reinforces information presented in the Core Disaster Life Support® (CDLS®) course. This includes application of core principles and concepts in emergency management and public health as introduced in the CDLS course through the PRE-DISASTER Paradigm™ and DISASTER Paradigm™. The primary focus of the BDLS course is incorporation of an “all-hazards” approach to mass casualty management and population-based care across a broad range of disasters. Measures to ensure and enhance health workforce readiness are emphasized throughout the course. This includes a consistent and scalable approach to workforce protection and casualty management, as well as, mass casualty triage and fatality management.
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