Center for Disaster Medicine
MSC11 6260
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Phone: (505) 272-6240
email
Education
The following educational opportunities are offered by the Center for Disaster Medicine.
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The CDLS course is a 3.5 hour competency
based, awareness-level course that introduces clinical and public health
concepts and principles for the management of disasters and public health
emergencies in New Mexico. The course incorporates the “all-hazards”
approach to personal, institutional, and community disaster management
through the use of two unique mnemonics, the PRE-DISASTER Paradigm™ (which
applies to event recognition, response, and recovery). The overarching aim
of the CDLS Course is to provide participants from diverse professions,
disciplines, and backgrounds with a common lexicon, vocabulary, and
knowledge in disaster-related medicine and public health.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advances Life Support (PALS)
These American Heart Association courses are offered to groups of licensed healthcare providers across the state by certified instructors. The ACLS or PALS courses are usually scheduled by healthcare agency representatives for their employees.
Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) and Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC)
These Emergency Nurses Association courses provide specialized knowledge for trauma and pediatric nursing. The TNCC and ENPC courses are offered to hospitals and clinics throughout the state by certified instructors.
Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS)
The National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians developed this specialized course for emergency medical technicians who want to enhance their skills in trauma care. The PHTLS course is available in Albuquerque and is taught by certified instructors.
Disaster Medicine Speakers Bureau
The UNM Center for Disaster Medicine provides presentations on various topics in emergency preparedness and disaster medicine for small or large groups of healthcare providers, volunteers, university personnel, and community members. These presentations are given by CDM staff and faculty, as well as faculty from other divisions in the Health Sciences Center.
CDM also supports a two-year fellowship for physician training in the area of research and service in disaster medicine and pre-hospital care.
For information about these educational opportunities, or to request a course in your community, please call 505-272-6240. Or click on the links below for further training opportunities offered by NMDHS and NDMS.