CDLS® 3.1 is a 3.5-hour, competency-based, awareness level
training course that is
part of the National Disaster
Life Support® (NDLS®) family
of courses developed by
the NDLS
Educational
Consortium™ and endorsed
by the
American
Medical
Association®.
The target audience includes;
healthcare providers, veterinarians, pharmacists,
Public Health, health
educators, volunteer organizations, and layperson's.
The
American Medical Association grants
provider status to
persons who successfully
complete the course. CDLS® 3.1
providers may wish to
continue their education with
Basic Disaster Life Support® (BDLS®)
FROM THE NDLS-F™ WEB SITE...
CDLS 3.1® Brochure
| Core Disaster Life Support® (CDLS®) Course Version 3.0 |
Course Description:
The CDLS® Course v.3.1 is a competency-based, awareness-level course that introduces clinical and public health concepts and principles for the management of disasters and public health emergencies. The course incorporates the "all-hazards" approach to personal, institutional, and community disaster management through the use of two unique mnemonics, the PRE-DISASTER Paradigm™ (which applies to event mitigation and preparedness) and the DISASTER Paradigm™ (which applies to event recognition, response, and recovery).
The overarching aim of the CDLS® Course is to provide participants from diverse professions, disciplines, and backgrounds with a common lexicon, vocabulary, and knowledge in disaster-related medicine and public health that can be reinforced and expanded in the Basic Disaster Life Support® (BDLS®) and Advanced Disaster Life Support® (ADLS®) Courses. The CDLS® Course is aimed at a broad range of audience categories, including medical first responders, health professionals, health service providers, public health workers, and health support personnel.
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- P – Planning and practice
- R – Resilience
- E – Education and training
- D – Detect
- I – Incident management
- S – Safety and Security
- A – Assess hazards
- S – Support
- T - Triage and Treatment
- E – Evacuation
- R – Recovery
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Course Duration: 3.5 hours of didactic teaching |
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Target Audience:
- Medical first responders
- Health professionals
- Health service providers
- Public health workers
- Health support personnel
- Others, including police and fire personnel
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Class size:The CDLS® course can be provided to large audiences and is limited only by the size of the classroom. |
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