Course overview
Why do I need this course?
- Comply with professional obligations for basic life support
- Protect patient safety through prompt intervention
- Align with the Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF)
- Respond quickly and effectively in a cardiac or respiratory emergency
- Gain confidence to initiate CPR and use an automated external defibrillator (AED)
What will I learn?
- Signs of cardiorespiratory arrest
- How to initiate CPR
- How to operate an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
- Airway management and the use of lung ventilations
- Principles of DNACPR
- National and local protocols
- Individual roles and responsibilities in emergency situations
- Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment (ReSPECT) and local treatment escalation plans (TEPs)
- Appropriate emergency response for choking
Who is this course for?
- All clinical healthcare professionals (as part of statutory training requirements)
- All health and social care staff who work with adults
- Anyone who works with the general public
Part of the CSTF
The Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF) is a framework created by Skills for Health and sets out minimum learning outcomes, frequency of refresher training and links to relevant legislation or expert guidance.
It can be used by any healthcare employer in the UK including NHS, independent and voluntary providers.
All our CSTF-aligned courses can be purchased as part of a bundle here.
Learn more about the CSTF on our website, or read the Frequently Asked Questions.
Course details
This course builds on Resuscitation, Level 1, Basic Life Support to provide training specifically related to adult resuscitation. Interactive learning helps learners understand both legal and practical knowledge on policy, emergency response, chest compressions, airway management, and the use of lung ventilations and AEDs. Underlying all this knowledge is the importance of the individual’s roles and responsibilities in their response.
Upon completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
- Identify the signs of clinical deterioration in adults.
- Discuss how to respond when cardiac arrest is suspected.
- Describe how to perform the recovery position in an emergency.
- Describe how to open the airway of a collapsed adult.
- Describe how to initiate and maintain effective chest compressions.
- Describe how to initiate and maintain effective rescue breaths.
- Explain how an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) can be operated safely and appropriately.
- Describe the appropriate emergency response for choking.
- Describe the principles of DNACPR.
- Explain why someone might have a DNACPR in place.
- Explain the importance of undertaking resuscitation within the limits of your personal capabilities and training.
- Identify your individual role and responsibilities in emergency situations.
- Explain how to report and record details of an emergency event accurately .
- Discuss how adult anticipatory care decisions, including Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment (ReSPECT) and local treatment escalation plans (TEPs), are applied, in accordance with local policy and protocols.
This course is made up of the following modules:
- Your Role and Responsibilities
- Clinical Deterioration
- Managing Airway and Medical Emergencies
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Decisions
- Course Length: 60 mins
