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James M. Chandler
Director and ATLS Program Coordinator

855 W. Brambleton Ave., Norfolk, VA 23510
EVMS Strelitz Diabetes Center building, 2nd floor

Phone:
757-446-5926
Fax:
757-446-5906
Gordon Degges, CPR and First Aid Program Coordinator
Tom Mingin, ACLS/PALS Program Coordinator
Myra Forbes, Registration Coordinator
Rhonda Coffman,
Administrative Assistant
Tidewater Center for Life Support Training

A program of Eastern Virginia Medical School
Managed by the Tidewater EMS Council

Offering courses sponsored by the American Heart Association, the American College of Surgeons and the American Safety and Health Institute
Training Classes
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Automated External Defibrillation (AED) and First Aid
Advanced Cardiac
Life Support (ACLS)
Pediatric Advanced
Life Support (PALS)
Advanced Trauma Life SupportŪ (ATLS)
Combined BLS, ACLS and PALS Renewal Course
New!
Training At Your Site
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to TCLS
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Nearby Hotels
Information and Forms for Instructors and Coordinators
FY07 Annual Report
190k PDF file
The Tidewater Center for Life Support Training (TCLS) is a program of Eastern Virginia Medical School. We offer American Heart Association (AHA) basic and advanced life support classes, the American College of Surgeons Advanced Trauma Life Support class and American Safety and Health Institute first aid training. Our convenient training location is near downtown Norfolk on the EVMS campus.

The goal of TCLS Training is effective lifesaving management of victims experiencing cardiopulmonary arrest and life-threatening traumatic injuries by physicians, other health care team members and the lay public. This is accomplished by providing a regular schedule of emergency care educational programs and  instructor-trainer programs.

Courses include:

  • cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
  • automated external defibrillation
  • bloodborne pathogens
  • first aid
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
  • Advanced Trauma Life SupportŪ (ATLS)

Many programs can also be tailored to fit specific needs of employers. Please contact the appropriate person in the list at left, by phone or email, for more information regarding on-site courses.

TCLS Training is an authorized Community Training Center for the American Heart Association. In this role, TCLS provides a home base for five training sites and some 400 AHA emergency cardiac care instructors throughout Hampton Roads.

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