WMed Comprehensive NDLS Training Center

Comprehensive Training Center
1000 Oakland Drive
Kalamazoo, MI 49008

Contact:  William Fales, MD - WMed MI NDLS Medical Director
Phone:   269-337-6600
Email:  william.fales@wmed.edu

Contact:  Judy Wheeler, MSPM, EMT-P, I/C - WMed MI NDLS Program Director
Phone:  269-337-4288
Email: judy.wheeler@wmed.edu 

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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