AHLS Syllabus

The AHLS Provider and Instructor Programs follow a similar schedule each day.  Didactic lectures  each morning are followed by small group interactive case studies each afternoon.

Provider Program

DAY 1     

1. General Principles of AHLS

  • Hazardous Materials Epidemiology

  • Important Properties of Hazardous Materials

  • Medical Management of Hazmat Victims

  • Personal Protective Equipment and Decontamination

  • Toxidromes & Toxicodynamics

  • Antidotes in General

  • Establishing and Organizing a Hazmat Response Team

2. Toxic Inhalations

  • Irritant Gases

  • Asphyxiants

  • Antidotes in detail:

    •   Normobaric Oxygen

    •    Hyperbaric Oxygen

    •    Methylene Blue

    •    Amyl Nitrite

    •    Sodium Nitrite

    •    Sodium Thiosulfate

3. Interactive Case studies

 

DAY 2


1. Pesticide Poisoning

  •   Organophosphates & Carbamates

  •   Antidotes in Detail:

    •     Pralidoxime & Atrophine

 

2. Toxic Terrorism

  •   Nuclear, Biological, & chemical Terrorism

  •   Chemical Terrorism:  Nerve Agents

  •   Biological Terrorism Agents

  •   Radiological/Nuclear Terrorism

 

3. Corrosives, Hydrocarbons, and Halogenated     Hydrocarbons


4. Miscellaneous Toxicants

  •   Hydrofluoric Acid & Fluorides

  •   Hydrazines

  •  Antidotes in Detail:

    •     Calcium Gluconate

    •     Calcium Chloride

    •     Pyridoxine

5. Interactive Case Studies

6. Provider Exam

 

DAY 3

Instructor Program 

        


1. AHLS policies and Procedures

2. How to conduct an AHLS program
3. Adult Education Teaching Tools

4. Interactive Case Studies Led by Instructor Students

5. Instructor Exam