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The ABLS classes are now being scheduled and
held. These classes are posted on the website at the index page, scroll
down the page, right column for the most current dates, contact
information and all related information.
CME/CEU
Continuing Education
Units, Continuing Medical Education as approved by various organizations
include:
For Physicians:
This continuing
medical education activity for up to 7 credit hours in
Category 1 of the Physician’s Recognition Award of the
American Medical Association.
For Nurses:
This program has been
approved by AACN Certification Corporation guidelines
for 8 contact hours, CERP Category A.
For EMS Personnel:
This program has been
approved by the North Carolina Office of EMS for 8 hours of Continuing
Education.
Upon
completion, a certificate of completion is provided to each participant
which includes this information.
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(Description from the ABA website:
http://www.ameriburn.org/ablscoursedescriptions.php)
ABLS Course Descriptions
The Advanced Burn Life
Support (ABLS) Provider Course is an eight-hour
course for physicians, nurses, physician assistants,
nurse practitioners, therapists, and paramedics. The
course provides guidelines in the assessment and
management of the burn patient during the first 24 hours
post injury. 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 given. Final testing consists of a
written exam and a practical assessment return
demonstration.
The registration fee covers the
tuition, manual, study guide, test, and continuing
education credits. The ABA designates this continuing
medical education activity for up to 7 credit hours in
Category 1 of the Physician’s Recognition Award of the
American Medical Association. This program also has been
approved by AACN Certification Corporation guidelines
for 8 contact hours, CERP Category A.
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.
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