ALS Level 1 - 1 Day Medical Education Clinical Skills Centre - Royal Melbourne Hospital                                                                   Jointly accredited by the Resuscitation Council  (UK)   and the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC).

This course should meet the needs of those who need more advanced skills than those taught during Basic Life Support (BLS) courses but who do not require the more comprehensive 2-day Advanced Life Support (ALS) Course. It should provide health care staff with the essential knowledge and skills needed to treat and manage adult cardio respiratory arrest patients.

Course Overview

This 1 day (or 2 x 1/2 day) course is designed to give the candidate the skills for managing a cardiac arrest or other medical emergencies in a clinical setting. The course covers recognition of the critically ill patient, airway management, resuscitation procedures, defibrillation and basic drug therapy.

Assessment is undertaken during skill stations throughout the day on the ABCDE approach, Initial Resuscitation and Defibrillation and Airway Management. 

The aim is to train healthcare personnel to manage patients in cardiac arrest until the arrival of a cardiac arrest team (Code Blue) and to participate as members of that team.  The course will emphasise the importance of teamwork.

On successful completion, the Australian Resuscitation Council awards the candidate a certificate and registration card valid for 4 years.

Course Content

• Causes and prevention of Cardiac Arrest (Lecture)
• The ABCDE approach (Skill Station)
• ALS Algorithm (Lecture)
• Initial Resuscitation and Defibrillation (Skill Station)
• Crisis Resource Management (Lecture)
• Airway Management (Skill Station)
• Cardiac Arrest Simulations (Skill Station)

Course Objectives

The objectives of the ILS course are: 

• To train healthcare personnel in causes and prevention of cardiopulmonary arrest, the ABCDE approach, initial resuscitation and defibrillation (manual and / or AED) and simple airway management.
• To train healthcare personnel to manage patients in cardiopulmonary arrest until arrival of the resuscitation team.
• To train healthcare personnel to participate as members of the resuscitation team.

Participants will be able to:

• Understand the causes of cardio respiratory arrest in adults
• Identify patients at risk of cardio respiratory arrest
• Practice techniques for airway management in a simulated environment
• Identify the main cardiac rhythms associated with cardiac arrest
• Identify the indications for defibrillation and demonstrate safe defibrillation in a simulated environment

If you have any questions or queries about registering for this course, please do not hesitate to contact us via email at Kathleen.Vincent@mh.org.au

Course Director

Associate Professor Peter Morley

Director Medical Education

Royal Melbourne Hospital and Royal Melbourne Hospital Clinical schools
University of Melbourne
Senior Specialist, Intensive Care Royal Melbourne Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor,
Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital
University of Melbourne

Chair, Australian Resuscitation Council

Dates, Fees & Registration

2012 dates:

Fees:

Melbourne Health Employees:         $165.00 (incl. GST)

Non Melbourne Health Employees:  $220.00 (incl. GST)

Registration:

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