Paediatric Immediate Life Support Training (ePILS)

Paediatric Immediate Life Support Training (ePILS) is a specialised course designed to equip healthcare professionals 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 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 skills from managing a deteriorating child and identifying causes of deterioration, to treating cardiac arrest in children and developing team leadership abilities.

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

Course Structure

The ePILS course combines half a day of e-learning with half a day of face-to-face learning at our training 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 modules and a 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.

Face-to-Face Session

The face-to-face session focuses on skill stations, recognition and management of the deteriorating patient, and cardiorespiratory arrest simulations. You will practise the ABCDE approach in paediatric clinical scenarios, perform age-appropriate CPR, manage paediatric anaphylaxis, and develop team leadership and communication skills for emergency response.