August 31st, 2023 | 0800 – 1630 | Grady Burn Clinic (3rd Floor)
| This is a Region 3 RTAC Grant-Funded course offered to First Responders at a discounted rate of $15/pp offered at a first-come, first-serve basis. Thank you to Grady for providing this course to our region! Register Here! Advanced Burn Life Support ( ABLS) Date: Thursday August 31, 2023 Time: 0800 – 1630 Location: Grady- Burn Clinic 3rd floor Description: The Advanced Burn Life Support (ABLS) Provider Course is an eight-hour course designed for physicians, nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, therapists, firefighter/EMTs, and paramedics. This live, hands-on course is designed to provide the “how-to” of emergency care of the burn patient through the first 24 hour critical time period. Following a series of lectures, case studies are presented for group discussions. An opportunity to work with a simulated burn patient to reinforce the assessment, stabilization, and the American Burn Association transfer criteria to a Burn Center will be provided. Testing consists of a written exam and a practical assessment. COURSE OBJECTIVES •Evaluate a patient with a serious burn •Define the magnitude and severity of the injury •Identify and establish priorities of treatment •Manage the airway and support ventilation •Initiate and monitor fluid resuscitation •Apply correct methods of physiological monitoring •Determine which patients should be transferred to a burn center •Organize and conduct the inter-hospital transfer of a seriously injured burn patient. Another class will be offered in September. Please share with anyone who would be interested! |