The NTC-West Happy New Year! It s HERE! With the new year upon us it is time to begin making those training schedules! The NTC-West is here to help if you would like to add NDLS training to your training roster/calendar. We are booking dates now! Additional information and training calendars can always be found at both the NTC-WEST website ( www.ndls.us ) and the NDLS Foundation LMS website ( http://register2.ndlsf.org ) The NDLS Foundation calendar includes course dates for all eighty-two U.S. Training centers and the twenty Global Training Centers internationally. Give us a call if we can help with your training needs or you have any questions concerning the NDLS series of training courses. Tom Lehman Director NDLS NTC-WEST TLehman@NDLSF.org CORE COURSES NDLS Version 3.2 is here and available from the NDLS National Training Center-WEST. The slide-sets for the Basic and Advanced courses, BDLS (Basic Disaster Life Support) and ADLS (Advanced Disaster Life Support), have now been updated and revised to the 3.2 version. Now more topical and relevant than ever, the NDLS courses build a foundation for response and mitigation of disasters and public health emergencies through All-Hazards training. CDLS (Core Disaster Life Support) stands at version 3.1. CDLS 3.1 http://www.ndls.us/cdlsinfo.htm BDLS 3.2 http://www.ndls.us/bdlsinfo.htm ADLS 3.2 http://www.ndls.us/adlsinfo.htm Customizable brochures and flyers are available from the NTC-W for your use in publicizing your courses. Samples are available at www.ndls.us at the bottom of the home page and elsewhere throughout the site. CDLS 3.1 Brochure Click Here! (PDF) BDLS 3.2 Brochure Click Here! (PDF) ADLS 3.2 Brochure Click Here! (PDF) BDLS/ADLS Flyer! Click Here! NDLS Foundation Brochure Click Here! SCHEDULE 2017 January 01/10 BDLS UTSW February 02/07 BDLS UTSW 02/19/2016-03/06/2016 Training Exercise Development Bangkok, Thailand March 03/07 BDLS UTSW 03/29/2017-03/30/2017 ADLS - Baptist Medical and Dental Fellowship Conference Grapevine, TX April 04/18 - BDLS UTSW May 05/12/2017 05/13/2017 ADLS - Denton County Public Health Denton, TX June 06/06/2017 BDLS Albany Medical Center Albany, NY 06/07/2017-06/08/2017 ADLS Albany Medical Center Albany, NY July 2017 TBD BDLS Kanazawa, Japan We will customize brochures or flyers with your logos and contact information to your specifications!
The National Disaster Life Support Training Newsletter January-March 2017 ISSUE - 003 OPEN DATES CEU s Now is the time to lock in the training slots you want. Don t wait until someone else grabs those primo spots! Contact us today! Continuing Education Units For courses presented by the NTC-WEST a full range of CEU s are available to qualified participants for BDLS and ADLS. CME CNE CHES SW RS and EMT-Basic, Intermediate, Paramedic (from CECBEMS). 2016 was one of our busiest years and I actually had to turn down requests for trainings. Keep in mind that we are usually busiest from January through June. Avoid the big end of grant year crush in May and June by booking during our quiet(er) times J! NTC-West Training Calendar We have open dates from November 2016 forward into 2017. Let us know how we can help! CONTACT US When BOOKING COURSES, making enquiries, asking questions, want to make a comment or need to contact us directly. TLehman@NDLSF.org - www.ndls.us info@ndlsf.org or info@ndls.us (Be sure to indicate you are directing your email to the NTC-WEST) Mailing Address The NDLS NTC-West at UT Southwestern Medical Center The Department of Emergency Medicine Attention: Song Lehman 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. E4.300 Dallas, Texas 75390-7201 The NTC-West Equipment Cache Ready to GO!
UPDATE Training video is underway! Pre-Production is almost complete and we will begin actual shooting soon. We are still expecting to release in the first quarter of 2017. Moulage for ADLS and Mass Trauma Training Exercises Quick, effective, first glance realistic, Moulage is essential to the success of the ADLS Mass Casualty/Mass Triage exercise or any Mass Casualty exercise based on mass trauma situations. We have begun production of Moulage for ADLS and Mass Trauma Training Exercises. This training video will be available to anyone who wants to up their moulage game for any training exercise. The video will emphasize speed of application and how to deal with a large number of victims. Simple, effective techniques that will provide the first glance realism so necessary to obtain that essential BUY-IN from your Students/Responders. Video will be shot in 1080P High Definition and will be available in multiple formats. The video will feature; Building Scenarios Victim Profiles Addressing Safety Concerns Necessary Equipment and Supplies Set-Up Developing/Applying the right injuries for the scenario Quick, Effective Techniques for applying; o Burns Contusions Lacerations Compound Fractures Amputations Facial Trauma More. Instructions for prepping the VICTIMS and the Responders Clean-Up Video will be available on DVD - BD Flash Drive
Where We Have Been Every corner of Texas Allen - Amarillo - Arlington - Austin - Belton - College Station - Corpus Christi - Cyprus Creek - Dallas - Denton - Eagle Pass - El Paso - Fort Worth - Frisco - Grapevine - Harlingen - Houston - Humble - Irving - Lamarque - Las Colinas - Lewisville - Livingston - Lubbock - San Antonio - McKinney - McAllen - Midland/Odessa - Mt. Pleasant - Paris (Texas that is) - Plano - Richardson - Spring -The Woodlands - Tyler - Victoria - Weslaco - Wichita Falls and so many, many more! Alaska - Anchorage Arkansas - Little Rock - Texarkana California - Riverside Colorado - Denver - Parker Florida - Fort Lauderdale Georgia - Atlanta Savannah - Augusta Hawaii - Honolulu, Ohau - Hilo, Hawaii - Lihui, Kauai Illinois - Chicago - Urbana Louisiana - Baton Rouge - New Orleans Missouri - Kansas City - St. Louis New York - Albany - Rochester - Westchester - Valhalla Oklahoma - Tulsa Tennessee - Nashville Washington DC Washington - Seattle US Virgin Islands INTERNATIONAL Bangkok, Thailand - Kerela, India - Osaka, Japan - Tokyo, Japan - Kanazawa, Japan - San Miguel de Allende, Mexico - Kuwait City, Kuwait - Muscat, Oman - Saudi Arabia - UAE - Tianjin, China - Guangzhou, China - Beijing, China - Shanghai, China Just to name a few! WHERE WE ARE GOING! CONTACT US
USING HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT MONIES? All three of the NDLS Courses (CDLS, BDLS, and ADLS) have been approved by the Department of Homeland Security. They are identified by the following Course Numbers: Core Disaster Life Support (CDLS) OK-006-RESP Basic Disaster Life Support (BDLS) OK-008-RESP Advanced Disaster Life Support (ADLS) OK-007-RESP This approval enables Homeland Security training funds to be used in support of the courses. We would like to acknowledge, with thanks, the efforts of Brandi Pond for managing the submission and review process. Her efforts extended over a period of several years to obtain this approval. CONTACT INFO Tom Lehman NDLS Dallas Texas TLehman@NDLSF.org