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Tidewater Center for Life Support at EVMS Print E-mail
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:

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 or five training sites and some 400 AHA emergency cardiac care instructors throughout Hampton Roads.

TCLS FY09 Annual Report (PDF)

TCLS Newsletter-Fall 2009