Course Date/Time: June 30 - July 11, 2024 at 0800 hours
Course Location: Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Bronson Healthy Living Campus, 615 E. Crosstown Parkway, Kalamazoo, MI 49007
Cost: This course is grant funded and provided at no cost to Michigan residents. Contact Judy Wheeler at judy.wheeler@wmed.edu with any enrollment questions.
Prerequisite: Pre-Course Assessment and 18 online modules
Click to register: https://register3.ndlsf.org/course/view.php?id=3527
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Course Date: July 31, 2024
Course Location: Virtual over MS Teams
Cost: This course is grant funded and provided at no cost to Michigan residents. Contact Judy Wheeler at judy.wheeler@wmed.edu with any questions
Prerequisites: Pre-Course Assessment and 18 online modules
Click to register: https://register3.ndlsf.org/course/view.php?id=3442
Course Date: August 7, 2024
Location: Fire Training Ground, 300 Nazareth Road, Kalamazoo, MI
Cost: This course is grant funded and provided at no cost to Michigan residents
Prerequisites: BDLS 3.0 - Pre-course Assessment and Online Modules
Link to register: https://register3.ndlsf.org/course/view.php?id=3438
ADLS® is an advanced practicum course for the trained BDLS® provider. It is an intensive, 2-day course that allows students to demonstrate competencies in casualty decontamination, specified essential skills, and mass casualty incident information systems/technology applications. Using simulated, all-hazards scenarios and mass causality incidents, ADLS® makes use of four interactive sessions in which participants treat simulated patients in various disaster drills and situations. Training is focused on the development of hands-on skills to allow participants to apply the knowledge learned in BDLS®.
Course Date: June 19, 2024
Course Location: WMed UpJohn Campus - Room 111, 300 Portage St., Kalamazoo, MI 49007. Online pre-work and virtual course participation on course date
Cost: This course is funded by the WMed EM residency program. Contact Judy Wheeler at judy.wheeler@wmed.edu with any questions.
Prerequisites: Online pre-work
Click to register: https://register3.ndlsf.org/course/view.php?id=3437
Course Date: November 1, 2024
Course Location: Virtual course over MS Teams
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: Online pre-work
Click to register: https://register3.ndlsf.org/course/view.php?id=3355
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: September 10, 2024
Course Location: Virtual over MS Teams
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=3353
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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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