Why AHLS?

World-Class Hazmat Training

Experienced Team With Established Program

Since 1999, the Advanced Hazmat Life Support (AHLS) team, including over 825 AHLS Instructors, has trained over 25,000 paramedics, physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals from 96 countries and territories to face the clinical challenges of caring for patients exposed to threats, including:

Hazardous materials
Dangerous goods
Chemical spills
Toxic releases
Biological agents
Radiological sources
Nuclear incidents
Toxic terrorism

Elite Training

The lives of your patients, your team members, and yourself depend on world-class, continuing, clinical education to manage patients from hazmat incidents and toxic terrorism. Join the elite healthcare professionals from around the world who require AHLS training, including:

All United States Civil Support Teams
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- Elite military & civilian medics from around the world
- Interdisciplinary healthcare professionals who trained to care for athletes, officials, dignitaries, & attendees at the 2008, 2012, & 2016 Summer Olympics
- Fire departments
- EMS agencies
- Poison Control Centers
- Hospitals
- Public health departments
- Emergency medicine residencies
- Medical & clinical toxicology fellowships

Experts In The Field

Who are some of the AHLS Experts?

Internationally recognized Clinical Toxicologists
Interdisciplinary Professors & Faculty from prestigious academic institutions around the world
Medical Directors & Pharmacy Directors from national & international Poison Control Centers
Affiliates of the United States Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Other Public Health Experts
EMS Experts, including an EMS State Health Department Chief
Preparedness Experts, including the Medical Director of the Center for Emergency Preparedness & Disaster Response
Radiological & Nuclear Incidents & Terrorism Experts
Regional Directors from around the world who oversee and promote AHLS courses in their regions, ensuring consistently high-quality training