Paediatric Immediate Life Support Training (ePILS) is a specialised course designed to equip healthcare professionals and carers with essential skills for responding to medical emergencies in children. This training focuses on immediate life support techniques for paediatric patients, including CPR for infants and children, choking management, and treatment for severe allergic reactions and other critical conditions. Participants will gain practical experience through hands-on scenarios and simulations, ensuring they are prepared to deliver effective and compassionate care in urgent situations.

Who is this training for?

This Resuscitation Council accredited course is designed for healthcare professionals working with or responsible for the health and safety of children. It provides a variety of skills, from managing a deteriorating child, identifying causes of deterioration and treating cardiac arrest in children, to developing team leadership abilities and finding out what it takes to be an effective team member in a cardiac arrest emergency.

This course meets the Core Sills Training Framework (CSTF) Level 3 in Paediatric Resuscitation. Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points are also awarded following attendance on this course.

What is covered?

The ePILS course teaches underpinning knowledge and practical skills to:

1. Understand the structured ABCDE approach that facilitates rapid recognition of seriously ill children
2. Provide appropriate initial treatment interventions to prevent cardiorespiratory arrest
3. Treat children in respiratory or cardiorespiratory arrest until the arrival of a resuscitation team or more experienced assistance
4. Become an effective team member who can respond appropriately in an emergency.

Course Structure

The ePILS course combines half a day of e-learning with half a day of face-to-face learning in our Course Centre, or alternatively at your own venue if you have a number of team members to train.

Pre-Course Preparation

Before the course, you will be registered on our Learning Management System (LMS). Here, you can access pre-course course modules and multiple choice question (MCQ) paper that will prepare you for your face-to-face session.

You will receive your course manual at least two weeks before the course. Candidates are expected to read the manual in preparation for the course.

Course Programme

The face-to-face session focusses on skill stations, recognition and management of the deteriorating patient and cardiorespiratory arrest simulations. Please click here for course programme

• Assessment and Prioritisation: Skills to assess patient conditions quickly and prioritise interventions effectively.
• Advanced Life Support Techniques: Comprehensive training on the latest techniques for managing life-threatening emergencies, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), defibrillation, and airway management.
• Emergency Protocols: Procedures for dealing with a range of emergencies, including cardiac arrest, anaphylaxis, seizures, sepsis and respiratory distress.
• Team Communication: Effective communication strategies for coordinating with other responders and healthcare professionals during emergencies.

What is covered?

The ePILS course provides candidates with underpinning knowledge and practical skills to:

1. Understand the structured ABCDE approach that facilitates rapid recognition of seriously ill children
2. Provide appropriate initial treatment interventions to prevent cardiorespiratory arrest
3. Treat children in respiratory or cardiorespiratory arrest until the arrival of a resuscitation team or more experienced assistance
4. Become an effective team member who can respond appropriately in an emergency

Course Programme

The face-to-face session focusses on skill stations, recognition and management of the deteriorating patient and cardiorespiratory arrest simulations.

Course Modules

1. ABCDE Approach for Managing Deteriorating Children
   Objective: Learn to assess and manage patient deterioration using the structured ABCDE approach.
   Content: Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, and Exposure assessment; prioritise interventions.
2. Causes of and Prevention Strategies for Cardiopulmonary Arrest
   Objective: Understand causes and prevention of cardiopulmonary arrest.
   Content: Risk factors and prevention strategies.
3. CPR, Defibrillation, Basic Airway Manoeuvres and Choking
   Objective: Master CPR, defibrillation, and airway management.
   Content: CPR techniques, AED use, basic airway manoeuvres, choking.
4. Non-Technical Skills for Effective Team Leadership
   Objective: Develop leadership and communication skills for emergency response.
   Content: Team leadership principles, communication, and decision-making.
5. Management of Anaphylaxis
   Objective: Recognise and manage severe allergic reactions.
   Content: Anaphylaxis symptoms and emergency treatment.
6. Identifying Reversible Factors in Patient Deterioration
   Objective: Address reversible causes of deterioration.
   Content: Assessment and intervention strategies for reversible factors.
7. Clinical Assessment and Skills (CAS) Stations
   Objective: Apply practical skills in clinical scenarios.
   Content: Hands-on practice with emergency simulations.
8. Implementation of the ABCDE Approach
   Objective: Apply the ABCDE approach in clinical scenarios.
   Content: Scenario-based exercises and interventions.
9. Recording Patient Observations and Warning Scores
   Objective: Document and interpret patient observations.
   Content: Vital signs recording, use of warning scores.
10. Care for Patients with Tracheostomies or Laryngectomies
    Objective: Provide care for tracheostomy/laryngectomy patients.
    Content: Management techniques and emergency interventions.