Out of Hospital Immediate Life Support

Course Decription

The Qualsafe Level 4 Award in Out of Hospital Adult Immediate Life Support (RQF) is a regulated and nationally recognised qualification for people who have a specific responsibility at work, or in voluntary and community activities, to provide out of hospital emergency care to patients requiring emergency and urgent care to patients, such as event medical providers, emergency ambulance personnel, registered healthcare professionals and those working in specialist roles within the emergency services and military. Successful candidates will develop their knowledge and skills in providing immediate life support to patients in cardiorespiratory arrest or experiencing life-threatening illness and injury. Topics include: airway management, ILS procedures, ILS treatment algorithms, modifications required during cardiac arrest, end of life care and more. Course Content Scene management Methods and procedures needed to assess and manage an incident Managing a patient with life-threatening or non-life threatening illness and injury Post incident procedures Airway management Immediate life support procedures, including: Return of Spontaneous Circulation (RoSC) Patient handovers Modifications required during cardiac arrest for: o Third trimester pregnancy o Neck stoma Immediate life support treatment algorithm End of life care Using the National Early Warning Score (NEWS)