Training Programs

ADLS - Advanced Disaster Life Support


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The ADLS portion of the training program is focused at the provider who has already taken the BDLS program. The ADLS training consists of an intensive single day course, focused on the development of "hands on" skills and allows the provider to apply the knowledge learned in BDLS using simulated disasters.

*The Disaster Paradigm is a mnemonic that organizes the providers' response and planning of a disaster: D - Detect, I - Incident Command, S - Scene Security and Safety, A - Assess Hazards, S - Support, T - Triage/Treatment, E - Evacuation, R - Recovery.

** M-Move; A-Assess; S-Sort; S-Send: MASS Triage is a disaster triage system that utilizes US military triage categories with a system to triage large numbers of casualties quickly in a mass casualty incident:.

Target Audience: The target audience for BDLS and ADLS includes: emergency and critical care physicians and nurses, EMT's, paramedics, pharmacists, allied health professionals and medical students.

Faculty: The Department's faculty and staff are experienced field providers, researchers, educators and planners, many with military experience in biological, chemical and nuclear weapons. Several physicians were previously field EMTs and Paramedics. The Department also is the home of the Disaster Medical Assistance Team GA-4 (DMAT GA-4).

Brief overview of the ADLS curriculum:

Day One

  • Review of the Disaster Paradigm
  • Mass Triage
  • Break
  • Medical Decontamination
  • Legal Issues of Disaster Response
  • Media and Communications
  • Break
  • Healthcare Facilities and Community Disaster Planning
  • Mass Fatality Management
  • Lunch
  • Small Group Interactive Sessions
  • Cases # 1 and 2
  • Cases # 3 and 4

Day Two - Rotations

  • Station I HPS Scenarios
  • Station II Disaster Skills
  • Station III Mass Triage
  • Station IV PPE and Decontamination