AHLS & BHLS Target Audience

Medical professionals, including:

Course presentations are designed for EMS and other health professionals. Non-medical personnel are eligible to attend the Provider course. However, non-medical personnel, Emergency Medical Responders (EMR), Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT), and EMT-Basics will not be verified in the course, but will receive a certificate of completion and continuing education credits provided solely by AHLS.

Advanced Emergency Medical Technicians (AEMT), EMT-Intermediates  and Respiratory Therapists can become verified Providers. They can also be considered to become instructors on a case-by-case basis. Approval to take the Instructor Course will be decided by the Administrative Policy Committee upon review of the candidate's credentials.

* Please note: Medical Personnel (excluding Emergency Medical Responder (EMR), Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT), EMT-B and EMT-I's, and Respiratory Therapists)  may become AHLS Instructors. However, AHLS requires a team of instructors for the Provider Course, including a board-certified toxicologist and a medical director (if toxicologist is not a physician) who is a current AHLS Instructor. An AHLS Instructor may be from any health profession including paramedic (CEP/EMT-P, AEMT/EMT-I only), nurse, respiratory therapist, physician assistant, physician and pharmacist.