Resuscitation – Level 3 – Immediate Life Support – Online CPD Course

Description

Welcome to our online Resuscitation Immediate Life Support – Level 3 training course for front-line healthcare and social care providers, including registered nurses, doctors, medical locums, dental staff, and allied health professionals (AHPs).

This online Resuscitation Immediate Life Support – Level 3 course was developed in line with the latest UK legislation and meets the requirements set out by the Resuscitation Council (UK), National Health Service (NHS), UK Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF), the Care Quality Commission (CQC), Skills for Care, Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and other professional and regulatory bodies.

Who is the course for?

This online Resuscitation Immediate Life Support – Level 3 training course is suitable for staff with direct clinical care responsibilities, including all qualified healthcare professionals:

• Registered healthcare professionals with a responsibility to participate as part of the adult resuscitation team should undertake adult immediate life support training,
• Registered healthcare professionals with a responsibility to participate as part of the paediatric resuscitation team should take paediatric immediate life support training,
• Registered healthcare professionals with a responsibility to participate as part of the newborn resuscitation team should undertake newborn life support training,
• Registered healthcare professionals involved in administering rapid tranquillisation in the care of patients with disturbed mental functioning should take adult immediate life support training, and
• Registered healthcare professionals involved in administering sedation in the care of dental or podiatric patients should undertake adult immediate life support training and, where appropriate to caseload, paediatric immediate life support training.

What is covered in this course?

This online Resuscitation Immediate Life Support – Level 3 training course covers the following:

• Causes and prevention of cardiorespiratory arrest
• Aims of basic life support
• Legal obligations
• Chain of survival
• Early recognition of the deteriorating patient
• The ABCDE to the deteriorating patient
• Breathing problems
• ALS algorithm (Resuscitation Council 2015)
• Confirming cardiac arrest
• Chest Compressions
• Shockable rhythms (VT & VF)
• Automated external defibrillation (AED)
• Considerations during CPR
• Coronary thrombosis
• Airway and ventilation
• Immediate post-cardiac arrest treatment
• When to stop CPR
• CPR variations (adult and paediatric)
• Second survey
• Recovery position
• Resuscitation team roles
• Summary.

Course aims and objectives

This online Resuscitation Immediate Life Support – Level 3 training course aims to improve and update healthcare professionals’ knowledge of the Resuscitation Council UK guidelines and algorithms for adult resuscitation.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this online Resuscitation Immediate Life Support – Level 3 training course, the learner will:

• Recognise the seriously ill adult and initiate appropriate interventions to prevent cardiorespiratory arrest
• Understand and be able to apply the ABCDE approach
• Know how to manage and coordinate roles and responsibilities within the team in responding to emergencies until the arrival of a resuscitation team or more experienced assistance
• Be able to participate as a member of the resuscitation team
• Be ready to provide initial post-resuscitation care until the arrival of the resuscitation team or more experienced assistance
• Undertake the necessary practical training and competency assessments in line with their local organisational requirements.

Why is this course important?

It is a common expectation that healthcare staff will have sufficient knowledge and skills to be able to recognise and respond to signs of clinical deterioration. Where healthcare staff can anticipate, identify and respond to patient signs of clinical deterioration, they can prevent further decline that might otherwise culminate in cardiorespiratory arrest. Consequently, there has been a particular focus on promoting greater awareness and understanding of the needs and care of the deteriorating patient.

While the priority is on preventing clinical deterioration, some patients’ conditions will progress to cardiorespiratory arrest and require cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Early and adequate resuscitation can save lives. Research in emergency care of collapsed people has led to significant advances in resuscitation techniques. Healthcare organisations must have a clearly defined resuscitation policy and ensure that they provide an effective resuscitation response and service. As part of their duty to ensure safe and effective care, healthcare organisations must ensure that their workforce receives the appropriate training, including periodic updates, to maintain a level of resuscitation competence relevant to their role.

The requirements stated are minimum standards and apply to most of the workforce in roles and settings where they might be required to provide initial CPR until advanced life support expertise and support arrives.

Resuscitation Immediate Life Support – Online Training Course – Level 3 – CPDUK Accredited.