Raven EMS Education Program ManualRAV-408 All Hazards Disaster Response (AHDR) Course
 | The All Hazards Disaster Response (AHDR) course employs a systems-based approach to disaster preparedness and response, with a focus on caring for ill and injured patients during a mass-casualty incident or disaster (NAEMT, 2024). |
Course Description
The course teaches students how to respond to the many types of disaster scenarios they may encounter, including natural disasters, infrastructure failings, fires and radiological events, pandemics, active shooter incidents, and other mass casualty events. AHDR educates participants on the critical actions required to support patient and practitioner safety during disaster response. The second edition of AHDR includes a robust library of disaster simulations to provide learners with the opportunity to apply scene size-up, patient triage, evacuation, and transport decisions in a low-stakes, structured environment. Course activities reinforce key concepts of disaster response. This course is aimed at preparing people to operate in chaotic and stressful crisis situations. The package of skills offered in this course should enable an emergency professional to shift from managing a routine environment to managing an expanded situation in rapidly changing conditions. AHDR is appropriate for all levels of EMS practitioners and other medical professionals providing prehospital care. This course is offered in the classroom and provides 8 hours of CAPCE credit and NREMT recognition. Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a certificate of completion, an AHDR provider card valid for 4 years, and 8 hours of CAPCE credit (Combined course library, 2024; NAEMT, 2024).
Prerequisites
Course Options
Course Topics
- Incident Command System
- Communicating effectively during disasters
- Mutual aid and interoperability
- PPE and infectious diseases
- Managing resources such as supplies, medications, and equipment
- Incendiary devices and blast injuries
- Triage and transport strategies and challenges
- Patient tracking and evacuation
Change Log (7.25.916.C408)
| Date | Author | Description of Change | Citations |
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| 2025-01-12 | Becker, T.Theron Jack Becker | Moved this course to its own page from x.xx.916. | |
