Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS) Course by Academy of Advanced Life Support (Jul, 2019)

Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS) Course is organized by Academy of Advanced Life Support and will be held from Jul 18 - 19, 2019 at Academy of Advanced Life Support, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

Target Audience:
The Advanced Medical Life Support Course is particularly designed for medical practitioners who might be called upon to recognize and manage a patient with an acute or life-threatening medical emergency.

CPD Accreditation:
19 Continuing Education Units, including 2 CEU's for Ethics.

Course Structure:
The Course provides a practical approach to the recognition and management of a wide spectrum of acute and life-threatening medical emergencies in adults. The Course consists of hands-on practical training, tutorials, case discussions, role-plays and data interpretation covering respiratory, neurological, dermatological, endocrine and metabolic disturbances.

Aims and Objectives:
Participants will have the knowledge and ability to provide the initial management for a wide range of life-threatening emergencies such as the patient presenting with breathing difficulties, the shocked patient, the patient presenting with acute chest pain, altered level of consciousness, the collapsed patient, the overdose patient, the patient with acute headache, rashes, acute abdominal pain, renal failure and the patient presenting with hot or cold legs or hot or swollen joints. In addition, the Course covers data interpretation and emergency investigations such as chest x-ray evaluation and 12-lead ECG interpretation as well as haematological, electrolyte and blood gas analysis.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.