Advanced Medical Life Support

This program is sponsored by the National Association of EMTs (NAEMT) and and endorsed by the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP). It is the first course that addresses the most common medical complaints and offers a "think outside of the box" method of assessing and managing a patient in medical crisis.

The course emphasizes using the scene size-up, history and physical exam to systematically rule-out and rule-in possibilities and probabilities of their medical problem. This course offers the opportunity to be in an assessment-based approach and progress to a diagnostic-based approach to develop a specific treatment plan for a specific medical condition; resulting in a differential diagnosis.

Course participants encompass all levels of EMS professionals, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, certified nurse anesthetists and physicians. This diversity enhances the team approach to patient care.

AMLS is a sixteen hour, two-day program that consists of interactive lectures, teaching and evaluation stations.  The interactive/case based lectures include the following topics:

• Patient Assessment
• Airway Management
• Assessment of the Shock Patient
• Dyspnea
• Chest Pain
• Altered Mental Status
• Abdominal pain