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| Core Disaster Life Support® (CDLS®) Course Version 3.0 |
Course Description:
The CDLS Course v.3.0 is a competency-based, awareness-level course that introduces clinical and public health concepts and principles for the management of disasters and public health emergencies. The course incorporates the "all-hazards" approach to personal, institutional, and community disaster management through the use of two unique mnemonics, the PRE-DISASTER Paradigm™ (which applies to event mitigation and preparedness) and the DISASTER Paradigm™ (which applies to event recognition, response, and recovery).
The overarching aim of the CDLS Course is to provide participants from diverse professions, disciplines, and backgrounds with a common lexicon, vocabulary, and knowledge in disaster-related medicine and public health that can be reinforced and expanded in the Basic Disaster Life Support™ (BDLS®) and Advanced Disaster Life Support™ (ADLS®) Courses. The CDLS Course is aimed at a broad range of audience categories, including medical first responders, health professionals, health service providers, public health workers, and health support personnel.
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- P – Planning and practice
- R – Resilience
- E – Education and training
- D – Detect
- I – Incident management
- S – Safety and Security
- A – Assess hazards
- S – Support
- T - Triage and Treatment
- E – Evacuation
- R – Recovery
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Course Duration: 3.5 hours of didactic teaching |
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Target Audience:
- Medical first responders
- Health professionals
- Health service providers
- Public health workers
- Health support personnel
- Others, including police and fire personnel
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Class size:The CDLS course can be provided to large audiences and is limited only by the size of the classroom. |
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Pre-requisites: None |
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Course Length: 3.5 hours |
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Course Credits: 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ |
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Recertification: N/A |
The American Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Medical Association designates this educational activity for a maximum of 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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