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Burn Evaluation and Care for Emergency Responders Course
Course Instructors:
James M. Cross, MD, Director & Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham Burn Center
Course Description:
This 8 hour course is intended for first responders and receivers providers including firefighters, emergency medical personnel, and nurses who would be the first to treat burn victims. The Burn Evaluation and Care for Emergency Responders Course, adapted from the American Burn Association materials and trainings, introduces information relevant to the care of casualties from burn injuries.
Course Objectives:
Ziad Kazzi, MD, Assistant Professor, Medical Toxicologist, Emory University
James M. Cross, MD, Director & Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham Burn Center
Course Description:
This 8 hour course is intended for first responders and receivers providers including firefighters, emergency medical personnel, and nurses who would be the first to treat burn victims. The Burn Evaluation and Care for Emergency Responders Course, adapted from the American Burn Association materials and trainings, introduces information relevant to the care of casualties from burn injuries.
Course Objectives:
- Describe the epidemiological characteristics of burn incidents in the United States.
- Describe the mechanism of different types and degrees of burn injuries.
- Discuss the evaluation, triage and initial management of thermal injuries.
- Discuss the evaluation, triage and initial management of electrical injuries.
- Discuss the evaluation, triage and initial management of chemical injuries.
- Discuss the evaluation, triage and initial management of smoke inhalation.
- Discuss the evaluation, triage and initial management of radiation burns.
This course is offered free of charge, but pre-registration is required.
Nursing CEU’s will be available (7.2 contact hours)
The Alabama Department of Public Health is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Alabama State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. The Alabama Department of Public Health is also approved by the Alabama Board of Nursing (ABN) to provide continuing education for nurses (ABN provider number expires on December 5, 2010).
Nurses must present their license for CE to be awarded.
For more information please contact Michael Poole at the UAB School of Public Health
Phone: 205-934-7735; Email: mepoole@uab.edu
Phone: 205-934-7735; Email: mepoole@uab.edu
Course Registration by EMS Region:
For a map of the Alabama EMS Regions, please click here
For a map of the Alabama EMS Regions, please click here
Registration Closed - Course Full
Region 3 – BREMSS
Region 3 – BREMSS
Friday, June 26, 2009
UAB School of Public Health
1665 University Blvd. Room 407
Birmingham, AL 35294
Online Registration
Flyer (with Registration to be Faxed or Mailed)
UAB School of Public Health
1665 University Blvd. Room 407
Birmingham, AL 35294
Online Registration
Flyer (with Registration to be Faxed or Mailed)
