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A Self-Directed,
Web-Based Learning Program produced by the
American Burn Association
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Each year more than 700,000
people in the United States are treated for a burn injury. The
quality of care during the first hours after a burn injury has a
major impact on the long-term outcome. Yet most initial burn
care is provided outside of the burn center environment. The
Advanced Burn Life Support ABLS Now© is designed to
provide fire fighters, EMTs, paramedics, licensed practical
nurses, nurses, nurse practitioners, therapists, physicians
assistants, and physicians with the ability to assess and
stabilize patients with serious burns during the first critical
hours following injury and to identify those patients requiring
transfer to a burn center. The course is not designed to teach
comprehensive burn care, but rather to provide information that
will enable those who only rarely treat burn patients to provide
the care needed by a burn patient in the first 24 hours after
injury. |
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Learning/Credits and Contact
Hours |
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The ABLS Now© online learning program provides lecture presentations, as well as
case studies.Self-study questions with links to the supporting
material in the Provider Manual support the learning process. The
learner will complete and submit a course examination at the
conclusion of the course. CEU and CME credits are available for
the course. ABLS Now© certification is achieved by
passing the online final exam with a grade of 80% or better. For those who desire full ABLS certification, the hands-on part
of the course may be taken at a Burn Center or at an ABA
regional or annual meeting.
This program has been
approved by AACN Certification Corporation—approved provider
11075 under established AACN Certification Corporation
guidelines for seven (7) contact hours, CERP Category A.
The American Burn
Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical
education for physicians. The ABA designates this continuing
medical education activity for up to six (6) credits in Category
1 of the Physician’s Recognition Award of the American Medical
Association. Each physician should claim only those hours of
credit he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
The American Medical Association has determined that physicians
not licensed in the US who participate in this CME activity are
eligible for AMA PRA category 1 credit. |
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Course Objectives |
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Define the magnitude and severity
of an injury.
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Identify and establish priorities
of treatment.
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Apply correct methods of
physiological monitoring.
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Determine the appropriate
guidelines for transfer of a patient, including factors of time,
facility and method of transport.
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Provide primary treatment of the
burn area, associated injuries and common complications within
the first 24 hours post-burn. |
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Content |
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Burn care is
multidisciplinary. ABLS Now© is designed in a
multidisciplinary format and is based on the guidelines for
initial burn care developed by the American Burn Association.
The ABLS Provider Course presents a series of didactic
presentations on:
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Initial Assessment and Management
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Airway Management
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Smoke Inhalation Injury
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Shock and Fluid Resuscitation
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Burn Wound Management
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Electrical Injury
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Chemical Burns
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Pediatric Burn Injuries
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Stabilization, Transfer and
Transport
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Disaster Management and the ABA
Plan
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Case Studies
Lectures and case study
modules emphasize the American Burn Association criteria for
transfer of patients to burn centers. |
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Knowledge |
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Upon completion of the
course, participants will be able to demonstrate an ability to
do the following:
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Evaluate a patient with a serious
burn
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Define the magnitude and severity
of the injury
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Identify and establish priorities
of treatment
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Manage the airway and support
ventilation
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Initiate and monitor fluid
resuscitation
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Apply correct methods of
physiological monitoring
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Determine which patients should be
transferred to a burn center
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Organize and conduct the
inter-hospital transfer of a seriously injured burn patient
Final testing consists of
an online exam. |
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Registration |
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Individuals interested in
ABLS Now© may find registration information here –
print and fax the completed form to (312) 642-9130.
Click
here to download Course Registration form. Contact the ABA Central
Office for group rates. |
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Supporting
Operating System & Software Needed |
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Windows (98se, ME, XP, NT 4.0, 2000) using one of the
following programs: |
Macintosh (9.2, OS X 10.1 or later) using
one of the following programs: |
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Internet Explorer 4.0, 5.0, 5.5, 6.0
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Netscape Navigator 4, 6.2, 7.1
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AOL 8
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Compuserve 7 (2000 & XP only)
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Mozilla 1.2
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Opera 7 |
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Safari 1.1, 1.2
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Netscape 6.2, 7.1
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.2
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CompuServe 7 (OS 10.1 or later)
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Mozilla 1.2 |
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Additional Requirements |
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Macromedia Flash Player 5 or higher for
presentations and courses
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Soundcard and speakers/headsets |
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Contact
Information |
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American Burn
Association
Advanced Burn Life Support
625 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 2550
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: 312-642-9260 Fax: 312-642-9130
www.ameriburn.org
ABLSNow@ameriburn.org |
© copyright 2005 American Burn Association
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