AHLS – Advanced Hazmat Life Support

The Advanced Hazmat Life Support (AHLS) Provider Course offers comprehensive training in the medical management of patients exposed to hazardous materials. The focus is on systematic response for the medical management on chemical incidents (incl. nerve gases). Incidents with exposure to biological and radiological events are also covered.

The 16 hour, two-day AHLS Provider Course is the most comprehensive training program, teaching the critical skills needed to evaluate and treat victims exposed to chemical spills, toxic terrorism, and other threats.

Learning objectives:

• Principle approach to HAZMAT-events
• Self- and partner protection
• Toxidromes
• Poisoning treatment paradigm, including specific Antidotes

Target audience:

• Emergency Physicians, Prehospital Emergency Physicians, Paramedics
• Nurses of the Emergency Departments
• Toxicologists
• NBC-specialists of the firefighters and the army
• Military physicians and Personnel of the civil Protection of the Population

Training for interdisciplinary healthcare professionals to care for patients exposed to hazardous materials and dangerous goods. Join the worldwide community of more than 16,500 healthcare professionals from 64 countries and become a verified AHLS Provider, prepared to face the medical challenges of hazmat incidents.

The AHLS course is part of the curriculum DAS W+H-2

Additional Information

AHLS International Website

Book your accommodation:

The Federal Training Centre
Kilchermatt 2
CH-3150 Schwarzenburg
T: +41 58 469 38 11

Courses 2020

AHLS: Advanced Hazardous Life Support Training

Date: June 16./17., 2020

Venue: The Federal Training Centre, 3150 Schwarzenburg, by Bern

When registering for the course, please also select whether you will be participating in the English or German course, which will be held at the same time. The course manual, presentations and workshop are in English; support in French or German is possible.

Course director:
Dr. med. Mathias Zürcher

Course faculty:
Frank G. Walter, MD, FACEP, FACMT, FAACT, Professor of Emergency Medicine, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Editor, Advanced Hazmat Life Support (AHLS), Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center, College of Medicine, Professor of Pharmacy Practice & Science, College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona.
Dr. med. Hugo Kupferschmidt, director and Chefarzt, Tox Info Suisse.
PD Dr. med. Anne Leuppi-Taegtmeyer, Oberärztin, Klinische Pharmakologie u.Toxikologie, Universitätsspital Basel.
Sven Hoffmann, Studiengangsleiter, Universität Zürich, DAS Work Health.

AHLS Switzerland is organized by the Swiss Center for Rescue, Emergency- and Disaster Medicine (SCRED, www.szrnk.ch) in context with the National Center for Disaster Medicine SFG and in collaboration with Tox Info Suisse, Zürich; the Spiez Laboratory, Swiss Federal Office for Civil Protection (BABS), and the Coordinated Medical Services (KSD).

AHLS course manual and course preparation
The provider manual will be sent to participants 4 weeks prior to the course.

Course fee:
Included are: Course manual and material, lunch, coffee brakes, international registration and AHLS certificate.
Not included: Travel, accommodation and dinner. Accommodation can be booked by you directly at the Federal Training Centre (link FR, link DE).

The Swiss NBC-Concept Module

This module will be offered end of 2019.

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