Immediate Life Support (ILS)

This course is designed to meet the requirements of ILS courses laid down by UK Resus Council guidelines and is certified by ProTrainings.  This CPD course meets the criteria for Healthcare Professionals including General Dental Council’s development outcomes C.

The aim of the course is to train candidates in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, simple airway management and safe defibrillation, enabling them to manage patients in cardiac arrest until the arrival of a cardiac arrest team and to participate as members of that team. The course is run over one day and consists of lectures and practical sessions.

The Immediate Life Support courses have been designed to meet all the required learning outcomes and are aligned to the Skills for Health UK Core Skills Training Framework or UK-CSTF. This includes both level 2 adult and paediatric patient care. The course is also Skills for Care Endorsed and  follows the requirements set out in the Resuscitation Council (UK) guidelines for adult and Paediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) basic life support (BLS)

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

Course Outline:

• Identify the causes and promote the prevention of cardiopulmonary arrest
• Recognise and treat the deteriorating patient using the ABCDE approach
• Undertake the skills of quality CPR and defibrillation (manual and /or AED) and simple airway manoeuvres
• Utilise non-technical skills to facilitate initial leadership and effective team membership

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 as well as a Certificate from the awarding body.