Advanced Hazmat Life Support

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Advanced Hazmat Life Support (AHLS) is a training program for medical personnel in the medical management of patients exposed to hazardous materials, including those exposed to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incidents. Training takes place internationally, with the majority of courses in the United States, but also in Hong Kong, Italy, Germany, Mexico, The Netherlands and Switzerland and less frequently in Canada and Australia. The Instructor course provides a "train the trainer" program to help spread the course to more regions.The AHLS Provider course has trained over 12,000 medical personnel from over 50 countries, as of June 2011.Continuing education credits are provided by The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Continuing Education Coordinating Board for EMS, and The University of Arizona College of Pharmacy via ACPE, and physicians receive credit via the American College of Emergency Physicians.