AHLS Training Information 2008

These programs are targeted at the following health care providers:

AHLS Provider Course

Premier Hazmat Training for the Healthcare Professional

16 Hour CME Course

This internationally recognized Advanced Hazmat Life Support Provider program is a course developed by the Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center and the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology. Verified instructors and toxicologists with the Oklahoma Poison Control Center, in cooperation with the Oklahoma State Department of Health, will be providing this course July 31-August 1, 2008 at the University of Oklahoma Robert M. Bird Library (1000 Stanton L. Young Blvd/OU Health Sciences Center Campus/Oklahoma City). The AHLS Provider program (a 16 hour, 2-day course), is the first and most comprehensive training program to provide medical professionals the critical skills necessary to effectively manage all aspects of hazmat exposure:

• Demonstrate rapid assessment of toxic terrorism patients
• Recognize toxic syndromes (toxidromes)
• Demonstrate ability to medically manage hazmat patients
• Apply the poisoning treatment paradigm
• Identify and administer specific antidotes

Attendees receive a minimum of 16 hours free CME credits. Qualified medical personnel will receive verification as trained providers. Non-medical personnel, designated by the Oklahoma State Department of Health, are eligible to attend the course; however, non-medical designees and EMT-Basics will not be verified in the course, but will receive a certificate of completion and continuing education credits provided solely by AHLS.

Tuition has generously been paid through a grant from the Oklahoma State Department of Health, available to Oklahoma health care providers and designees only. Courses are being offered on a first-come, first-served basis, with preference given to re-verification and first-time attendees. Space is limited.

Registration Instructions

Important Clarifications:

• Please use the mailing address where you want to receive your course materials, and the email address where you can be contacted throughout the course.
• If you have attended our course before and are re-verifying, you should already have an account set up; please login with your account here or retrieve your account information here.
• Amy Williams, 520-626-2305 or awilliams@aemrc.arizona.edu or ahlsinfo@aemrc.arizona.edu, will be your AHLS contact if you have problems on the registration website.

Registration Website

After Registration

After registration is complete, you will receive an email confirmation from AHLS. The Poison Control Center will keep you updated via email, and will send your course materials approximately 2 weeks prior to the course date. After registering, please notify the Poison Center right away if you cannot attend so that all seats may be filled.

Course Location

July 31 - August 1
9:00a - 5:30p (both days)
OU Health Sciences Center
Robert M. Bird Library - Room 299
1000 Stanton L. Young Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73117

Coffee & rolls will be provided in the a.m.; lunch will be on your own.

Check your verification card to make sure it is still current!

Preference will be given to re-verifications and first-time AHLS attendees.

For additional information, please visit the AHLS website, or call the Poison Control Center office at 405-271-5062.