Learn how the DISASTER Paradigmâ„¢ can help you respond to a mass casualty emergency
using an “all-hazards†approach.
The NDLSâ„¢ program has already certified over 115,000 individuals that are saving lives
daily. 
To schedule a course in your area email com@augusta.edu.
The NDLSâ„¢ courses are a series of educational programs designed to better prepare
health care professionals and emergency response personnel for mass casualty events.
The courses stress a comprehensive, “all-hazards†approach to assist health care professionals
respond to disasters and other public health emergencies.
History: The faculty at the Medical College of Georgia at Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³», in collaboration
with the University of Georgia, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at
Dallas, and Texas A&M School of Public Health created The National Disaster Life Support
(NDLS™) courses. The Center of Operational Medicine’s office of Disaster Medicine
is the National Training Center East for the foundation. The National Disaster Life
Support Foundation is a not-for-profit foundation that has been established to oversee
and administer the NDLS program and is co-located with the Center of Operational Medicine
at Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³».