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Immediate Life Support 

This course is designed to meet the requirements of ILS courses laid down by UK Resus Council guidelines and is certified by ProTrainings.

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The aim is to train healthcare personnel in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, simple airway management and safe defibrillation (manual and/or AED), enabling them to manage patients in cardiac arrest until the arrival of a cardiac arrest team and to participate as members of that team.

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The course is run over one day and consists of lectures and practical sessions.

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Course objectives are:

  • Identify the causes and promote the prevention of cardiopulmonary arrest

  • Recognise and treat the deteriorating patient using the ABCDE approach

  • Understand what pulse oximetry is and why it is important in assessing a patient

  • Explain how to check a patients pulse, temperature, blood pressure and other observations.

  • Explain why suction is used to maintain the airway

  • Explain how an Oropharyngeal airway is used and why they benefit the airway

  • Undertake the skills of quality CPR and defibrillation and simple airway manoeuvres

  • Explain the correct administration of Oxygen on a patient

  • Demonstrate correct use of a bag valve mask

  • Utilise non-technical skills to facilitate initial leadership and effective team membership

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Occupations that use this course:

  • Medical professionals

  • Nurses

  • First Aiders

  • Medics

  • Doctors – Hospital

  • Doctors – Community

  • Medical students

  • Nurses – Hospital

  • Nurses – Community

  • Nursing students

  • Midwives

  • ODPs

  • Cardiac Technicians

  • Occupational Therapists

  • Physiotherapists

  • Radiographers

  • Resuscitation Training Officers

  • Dentists

  • Dental Nurses

  • Ambulance Technicians / Paramedics

  • Fire Service Technicians

  • Police Officers

  • Prison Officers

  • Air Stewards

CPR/BLS and AED for Healthcare Professionals 

CPR/BLS and AED for Healthcare Professionals course is to provide the learner with the skills, knowledge and understanding in the provision of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and of the safe use and management of an Automated External Defibrillator.

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This qualification offers the trained provider the opportunity to provide effective emergency lifesaving first aid care using an AED. This is achieved through the understanding of the BLS/AED algorithm and the responsibilities and treatment principles of AED use.

 

This course covers Basic Life Support skills and includes skills for Adult, Child and Infant as well as healthcare variations on infant CPR. The course includes: Safety, precautions, initial assessment, recovery position, CPR, compression only CPR, CPR handover and choking.

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This is ideal for nurses, care workers or medical professionals needing annual updates to complete professional membership.

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AED training is also included in the course. Learning AED skills is becoming more important with the increase in the numbers of units in the community and workplace. They are easy to use with a little training and make a real difference in the chance of survival to someone in cardiac arrest.

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All our first aid courses fully meet the UK and European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2015 as per the HSE requirements.

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The content of this and all our courses has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines and come with a Certified CPD Statement.

 

  • Firefighters

  • Nurses 

  • Care workers

  • Doctors

  • First Aiders

  • Medical workers

  • People needing basic CPR skills

CPR/BLS for Dentists 

CPR/BLS for Dentists covers medical emergencies, basic life support skills and includes skills for adults, children and infants for dentists and people working in dental practices.

 

The course includes: safety, precautions, initial assessment, recovery position, CPR, compression only CPR, CPR handover, choking.  Basic oxygen use included in the online course and optional in classroom course where available.

 

This course complies with the latest ERC and UK Resuscitation Council Guidelines.  Included on this course are the skills of Epilepsy, Asthma and Anaphylactic reactions.

 

This course comes with a Certified CPD statement in line with the General Dental Council guidelines and the UK Resuscitation Council standards for clinical practice and training for dental practitioners and dental care professionals in general dental practice.

 

The content of this and all our courses has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines and come with a Certified CPD Statement.

 

Occupations that use this course:

  • Dentists

  • Dental Nurses

  • Employees in Dental practices

  • Dental students

  • Dental Hygienist

  • Technicians 

  • Practice managers

  • Dentists requiring medical emergency training 

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