AHLS Provider
The AHLS Provider is a 16-hour, two-day course that teaches healthcare professionals to medically manage patients exposed to hazardous materials, including chemical, biological, and radiological incidents.
Participants learn to medically manage patients exposed to hazardous materials by recognizing the signs and symptoms. Healthcare professionals receive a four-year verification status upon successful completion of the course.
This course covers hazardous materials including insecticides, corrosives, irritant gases, asphyxiants, hydrocarbons and substituted hydrocarbons, and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear agents. Specific antidotes and their indications, contraindications, dosing, and route are also included.
After completing AHLS Provider, participants will be able to:
- Rapidly assess hazmat patients
- Recognize toxic syndromes (toxidromes)
- Discuss the medical management of hazmat patients
- Apply the Poisoning Treatment Paradigm™
- Identify and recognize the appropriate administration of specific antidotes
Non-medical personnel are eligible to attend the Provider course. However, non-medical personnel will not be verified as AHLS Providers but will receive a certificate of completion.
Emergency Medical Responders (EMR), Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT), and EMT-B are eligible to attend the Provider course. However, these participant types will not be verified as AHLS Providers but will receive a certificate of completion and continuing education credit.*
Military medics are eligible to become verified AHLS Providers, but must also hold AEMT or higher civilian credentials to become AHLS Instructors.
Respiratory Therapists can become verified AHLS Providers. They are also eligible to become AHLS Instructors on a case-by-case basis. Approval to take the AHLS Instructor Course is determined by the Administrative Policy Committee upon review of the candidate’s credentials.
Continuing Education Credit*
Joint Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Arizona State University and The University of Arizona. Arizona State University is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ – CME – 16.25 credit hours per completed course
Nursing Continuing Professional Development – NCPD – 16.25 credit hours per completed course
Continuing Pharmacy Credit – CPE – 16.25 credit hours per completed course
Universal Activity Numbers (UAN) for activity 0319-23 (B):
For Course Dates: 01/01/2024- 12/31/2024
Pharmacist: JA4008217-9999-24-002-L05-P
Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 16.25 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.
Interprofessional Continuing Education – IPCE – 16.25 credit hours per completed course
CAPCE
CAPCE (Commission on Accreditation for Pre-hospital Continuing Education) represents only that its accredited programs have met CAPCE’s standards for accreditation. These standards require sound educational offerings determined by a review of its objectives, teaching plan, faculty, and program evaluation processes. CAPCE does not endorse or support the actual teachings, opinions or material content as presented by the speaker(s) and/or sponsoring organization. CAPCE accreditation does not represent that the content conforms to any national, state or local standard or best practice of any nature. No student shall have any cause of action against CAPCE based on the accreditation of the material.
CAPCE#: 24-AEMR-F2-0001 (Live)
CAPCE#: 24-AEMR-F5-0001 (Virtual)
CEH Type: 16.25 Advanced
*Continuing Education Credit is available for U.S.-based courses only. For non-U.S-based courses, contact the individual course host for more details.