Advanced Medical Life Support Provider Course (AMLS)

Objectives

Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS) is a programme that guides you to assess and manage most common medical emergencies in an organized and systematic way. It is designed for all levels of practitioners with a strong commitment to prehospital patient care.

The course emphasizes the use of scene size-up, history taking, interactive group discussions and physical exam to systematically rule in or rule out and consider possibilities and probabilities in treating patients’ medical crises.

Course Content

AMLS programme consists of interactive lectures, teaching and evaluation scenarios stations. The interactive/case based lectures include the following topics:

  1. Respiratory Dysfunction
  2. Cardiovascular Disorders
  3. Shock
  4. Neurologic Disorders
  5. Abdominal Disorders
  6. Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
  7. Infectious Disease
  8. Metabolic and Environmental Disorders
  9. Environmental-Related Emergencies
  10. Toxicology, Hazardous, Materials, and WMD

Course Duration

A sixteen-hour, two-day programme.

Medium of Instruction

Cantonese (supplemented with English terminologies). Course manuals will be in English.

Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) Course

Nursing and healthcare related staff who completed Advanced Medical Life Support Provider Course can be awarded with 10 CNE points.

*Remarks:

Tel: 2530 8022 (Group and Brigade application for Certificate in First Aid / Basic First Aid / PHTLS / AMLS / AHDR / Re-scheduling Examination (Certificate in First Aid))