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West Penn Hospital Burn Center Is Sponsoring ABLS (Advanced Burn Life Support) Courses

The advanced burn life support 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. You will be given the opportunity to work with a simulated burn patient to reinforce the assessment, stabilization, and the American Burn Association transfer criteria to a Burn Center. Final testing consists of a written exam and a practical assessment.

ABLS courses are approved for:

• 7.25 credits for MDs through AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)
• 7 contact hours for RNs through AACN
• 6.5-7.5 CE credit hours for EMT, EMT-P, PHRN through the PA DOH EMS

Upcoming Courses in 2010:

-May 15 at Armstrong County Memorial Hospital in Kittaning, PA Registration Form

-August 7 at Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College, PA Registration Form

For more information contact: Sandy Smith, BSN, RN-BC, Outreach Coordinator for West Penn Burn Center, 412-578-5295, e-mail ssmith2@wpahs.org.