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Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS)

Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS)

Advanced Paediatric Life Support is taught, and its principles practised throughout the world. Over 83,000 candidates have completed the course since its inception in 1993. The 3-day APLS course comprises of a flexible one-day on-line component (VLE) and a two-day face-to-face course. Candidates who have taken the course include Consultants, Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Resuscitation Training Officers from Accident & Emergency, Anaesthetic and Paediatric departments.

This advanced paediatric life support programme is for those from a medical, nursing, ECP, ODP or RTO background, Physician’s Assistants for which APLS is relevant to their working practice. RTOs from any background who work in a paediatric hospital are eligible to take the programme. However, RTOs who work in a non-paediatric hospital, with any other background to those already listed, can send an application to the Working Group detailing their paediatric practice and each of these cases will be considered individually. The Working Group also recommend that nurses are senior staff nurses and above. Experienced level 5 staff nurses may take the course. Continuous Professional Development The College of Emergency Medicine has approved the course, awarding it 12 CPD points.
Overview

The programme comprises a one-day VLE followed by a two day face-to-face course. The course is run throughout the UK and overseas and the cost varies across centres. Online modular education through our VLE: 17 e-modules (pre-course learning):

  • Structured approach
  • Human factors
  • Recognition of seriously ill child
  • Child with breathing difficulties
  • Child in shock  Abnormal pulse rate or rhythm
  • Decreased conscious level  Convulsing child
  • Seriously injured child
  • Chest injury
  • Abdominal injury
  • Head injury
  • Injury to the spine
  • Burns and scalds
  • Drowning
  • Cardiac arrest
  • Stabilisation and transfer

Two day course with lectures, skills, simulations, demonstrations Lectures:

  • Welcome, aims & setting the scene
  • Demonstrations & interactive sessions
  • Assessing & managing the serious ill child
  • Structured approach to the seriously injured child
  • Cardiac simulation & skills Skill & simulation sessions
  • Serious illness simulation & skills
  • Serious injury simulation & skills
  • Cardiac simulation and skills including review and continual assessment Assessment and certification
  • Assessment takes place continuously throughout the course.

If you are successful, APLS certification is valid for four years and includes access to our VLE and a paediatric e-Library.

Course Duration - 2 days (plus pre-course learning MCQ and manual)

Course cost - £550

Method of Assessment -

Continuing assessment throughout course.