About the Courses
All courses include some course materials, snacks and C.E.U's.
For information and class requests,
send anInfo Request Form
and select "Education" as the Subject Area
call (615) 322-7065 or
send a fax to (615) 322-9090
Access LifeFlight Forms:
2009 Schedule of Classes
Advanced Medical Life Support
| Dates & Locations: | July 27-28
| Location TBA |
| Cost*: | $130 | |
| CEU's: | 1.6 | |
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| This new national continuing education program is designed to provide health care professionals with a better understanding of the pathophysiology of disease processes. This two day course incorporates lecture with case based scenarios to instruct students in medical emergencies. Subjects include: shock, chest pain, altered mental status, and respiratory emergencies. A course completion card is provided by the National Association of EMT's. Registration closed for 2009 course | ||
Advanced Skills Lab
| Dates & Locations: | March 5,2009 Course is full. May 12, 2009 (Canceled) June 25, 2009 Course is full September 3, 2009 Course Closed November 19, 2009
All courses to be held at Vanderbilt.
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| Cost*: | $175 | |
| CEU's: | 0.8 | |
| Info/Register: | Click here to register for EMS Advanced Skills Lab | |
| This workshop is designed to lead participants in a comprehensive trauma resuscitation and airway immersion experience. The workshop will be taught by expert instructors and will focus on critical knowledge enhancement, theory, decision making and technical skills. Participants will receive special instruction in resuscitation, the adult/pediatric airway, the trauma airway, difficult airway situations, and rescue/salvage airway techniques. Resuscitation and airway management are two of the most important skills in EMS. The Advanced Skills Lab will challenge you in both skill and theory! | ||
911 Communicator Class
Dates & Locations: |
Location TBA |
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| Cost*: | free | |
| CEU's: | ||
| Info/Register: | ||
911 Communicator class is an 8 hour class designed for the 911 dispatcher to come and learn about Vanderbilt LifeFlight. Topics to include how to launch an aircraft, flight following, aviation weather, fixed wing and a look into our Trauma System. This class is free and does include CEU's. Registration closed for 2009 classes | ||
PHTLS
| Course dates | June 29-30, 2009 |
| Location | TBA |
| Cost | $135.00 |
| CEU's | |
| Info | Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support courses are nationally recognized continuing education programs for pre-hospital emergency health care professionals that bring the care of the trauma patient into a single focus. PHTLS courses provide a pre-hospital trauma care philosophy, stressing the need to treat the multisystem trauma patient as a unique entity with specific needs. This may require an approach to the trauma patient that varies from traditional treatment modalities. As a continuing education program, it contains information that may be a review for some or all participants. EMT's, Paramedics, RN's, and interested allied health fields. Registration closed for 2009 |
TNCC
| Course Dates | July 6-7, 2009 November 5-6, 2009 |
| Location | TBA |
| Cost | $225.00 |
| CEU's | 1.6 |
| Info | TNCC is a 16 hour nationally standardized course designed by the ENA. This course is designed to provide students with Trauma nursing knowledge and pyschomotor skill experience. The course presents a systematic assessment and integrates anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology to treat all trauma medical emergencies. Registration closed |
2009 LifeFlight Courses
- Advanced Medical Life Support
- EMS Advanced Skills Lab
- EMT Refresher Course
- EMT-P Refresher Course
- 911 Communicator’s Course
- PHTLS
- TNCC
additional courses to be listed soon
Our Outreach
Many LifeFlight nurses provide safety and/or clinical classes on:
- Helicopter utilization
- Care of the critical trauma patient
- Care of the critical pediatric patient
- Care of the critical medical patient
- BTLS, TNCC, ENPC and other certification classes
Classes may be customized to the needs of your organization.