BASIC Disaster Life Support^® (bDLS^®)

CURRICULUM

Basic Disaster Life Support^® (BDLS^®) courses bring together people from multiple disciplines in order to create a common approach to and language of disaster response. The result is an all-hazards approach (recognition and management) to disaster response. 

• The 8-hour course covers:

• The DISASTER™ Paradigm

• Natural and manmade disasters

• Traumatic and explosive events

• Nuclear and radiological weapon attacks

• Biological events

• Chemical events

• Public health system

• Psychosocial aspects of disasters

Completing the course and passing a competency exam leads to Certification in BDLS^®. Maintaining the certification requires renewal training every three years.

PARTICIPANTS

The Basic Disaster Life Support^® course is relevant to:

• Physicians

• Nurses

• PAs

• EMTs

• Paramedics

• Pharmacists

• Allied health professionals

CONTINUING EDUCATION

The Basic Disaster Life Support^®  Course has been approved for 7.5 AMA PRA Category 1 credits.

The American Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.