Advanced Burn Life Support (ABLS)

Description

Advanced Burn Life Support (ABLS)

The Advanced Burn Life Support (ABLS) Provider Course is an eight-hour course for physicians, nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, therapists, and paramedics. This hands-on course teaches the how-to of emergency burn patient care through the first critical 24-hours.

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.

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 patient

The ABA designates this continuing medical education activity for up to 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits of the Physician’s Recognition Award of the American Medical Association. This program also has been approved by the American Association of Critical Care (AACN) for the 7.40 contact hours Synergy CERP Category A, File number 00018611.