Advanced HAZMAT Life Support (AHLS)

Service Description

Participants learn to medically manage patients exposed to hazardous materials by recognizing the signs and symptoms. Healthcare professionals receive a four-year verification status upon successful completion of the course. This course covers hazardous materials including insecticides, corrosives, irritant gases, asphyxiants, hydrocarbons and substituted hydrocarbons, and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear agents. Specific antidotes and their indications, contraindications, dosing, and route are also included. After completing AHLS Provider, participants will be able to: • Rapidly assess hazmat patients • Recognize toxic syndromes (toxidromes) • Discuss the medical management of hazmat patients • Apply the Poisoning Treatment Paradigm™ • Identify and recognize the appropriate administration of specific antidote