Immediate Life Support (ILS)- Healthcare

Online & Classroom Training Course

This course will benefit healthcare personnel to respond to medical emergencies such as heart attack or drowning. Do you want to save lives? Sign up for your online training today! What do you have to lose?
£34.95 + VAT
1,152 Ratings
£34.95 + VAT
CPD Certified Provider of Training Excellence Online Training Approved by Skills for Care
Video Playtime

5 hours and 40 minutes

Video Count

95 videos

Audio

English

Captions

English

Proof of Completion

Certificate

This Course Includes:

  • Follows UK & ERC guidelines
  • Endorsed by Skills for Care & TQUK
  • 7.0 hrs CPD Certificate
  • Evidence Based Training Certificate
  • Instant printable wall certificate
  • 100% online or add a skill session with a certified instructor
  • 24/7 on-demand video
  • Access on mobile
  • Weekly refresher video
  • Expiration reminder
  • Student manual

Preview the course content:

1
Section 1

Course Introduction

2 mins
1 videos
This section includes:
  • Course introduction 2:30
2
Section 2

Initial Care and PPE

54 mins
15 videos
This section includes:
  • Pre-shift checks 3:59
  • Privacy and Dignity 4:52
  • Chain of communication 6:28
  • and more...
3
Section 3

The deteriorating patient and NEWS2

6 mins
2 videos
This section includes:
  • National Early Warning Score - NEWS2 3:41
  • NEWS2 Escalation 2:21
4
Section 4

ABCDE Approach

11 mins
3 videos
This section includes:
  • Introduction to the ABCDE Approach 2:21
  • ABCDE Approach to Patient Care 3:17
  • AVPU 6:03
5
Section 5

Heart Rhythms

23 mins
6 videos
This section includes:
  • How The Heart Works 10:46
  • Atrial Fibrillation 1:30
  • Bradycardia 4:30
  • and more...
6
Section 6

Airway Management

31 mins
9 videos
This section includes:
  • Managing the airway 4:21
  • Oropharyngeal airways (OP Airways) 1:58
  • Nasopharyngeal airways (NP Airways) 1:57
  • and more...
7
Section 7

ECG's

12 mins
3 videos
This section includes:
  • Preparation of a 12 lead diagnostic ECG 3:02
  • Applying an ECG 7:51
  • Removing an ECG 1:31
8
Section 8

Pulse Oximetry

4 mins
1 videos
This section includes:
  • Pulse and pulse oximetry in the medical sector 4:58
9
Section 9

Drugs and Medications

3 mins
1 videos
This section includes:
  • Angina and GTN sprays 3:33
10
Section 10

CPR - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

91 mins
25 videos
This section includes:
  • First Aid vs BLS Healthcare Professionals 4:21
  • When to call for assistance 2:42
  • Advanced CPR Overview 6:27
  • and more...
11
Section 11

Defibrillation

17 mins
3 videos
This section includes:
  • AED Overview 10:45
  • Using an AED 3:12
  • Manual defibrilation 3:05
12
Section 12

Oxygen

36 mins
15 videos
This section includes:
  • When Oxygen is Used 1:43
  • Hazards of using oxygen 2:25
  • Contra Indications Of Oxygen 1:26
  • and more...
13
Section 13

CPR Scenarios

16 mins
3 videos
This section includes:
  • BLS Scenario 4:10
  • Advanced Life Support Scenario 8:03
  • Real time CPR Scenario 4:21
14
Section 14

DNR's and When to Stop Resuscitation

5 mins
2 videos
This section includes:
  • Deciding when to stop resuscitation 2:24
  • Advanced Decision and DNR CPR in Basic Life Support 2:57
15
Section 15

Choking

20 mins
5 videos
This section includes:
  • Choking overview 4:21
  • Adult choking overview 4:40
  • Adult choking 4:29
  • and more...
16
Section 16

ILS Summary

2 mins
1 videos
This section includes:
  • Course Summary 2:07

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  • Nurses
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  • Medics
  • Doctors – Hospital
  • Doctors – Community
  • Medical students
  • Nurses – Hospital
  • Nurses – Community
  • Nursing students
  • Midwives
  • ODPs
  • Cardiac Technicians
  • Occupational Therapists
  • Physiotherapists
  • Radiographers
  • Resuscitation Training Officers
  • Dentists
  • Dental Nurses
  • Ambulance Technicians / Paramedics
  • Fire Service Technicians
  • Police Officers
  • Prison Officers
  • Air Stewards

More about this course

We have been recognised as an endorsed provider from Skills for Care, earning the prestigious distinction as a Centre of Excellence within training and health & social care.

This course is designed to meet the requirements of ILS courses laid down by UK Resus Council guidelines and is certified by ProTrainings.  This CPD course meets the criteria for the General Dental Council’s development outcomes C.

This course includes the latest CPR and Coronavirus recommendations.

The aim is to train healthcare personnel in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, simple airway management and safe defibrillation, enabling them to manage patients in cardiac arrest until the arrival of a cardiac arrest team and to participate as members of that team. The course is run over one day and consists of lectures and practical sessions.

ProTrainings Basic Life Support courses have been designed to meet all the required learning outcomes and are aligned to the Skills for Health UK Core Skills Training Framework or UK-CSTF.  This includes both level 2 adult and paediatric patient care. 

The course looks at how to identify the causes and promote the prevention of cardiopulmonary arrest. Recognise and treat the deteriorating patient using the ABCDE approach and undertake the skills of quality CPR and defibrillation.  It also covers simple airway manoeuvres and utilises non-technical skills to facilitate initial leadership and effective team membership.

All our first aid courses fully meet the UK and European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2021 as per the HSE requirements. The latest updates will be available to current students even after you pass the course.

We also have an online Immediate Life Support for Dentists (ILS) course aimed at the healthcare sector also as a blended, online and a classroom course nationwide at your workplace.  We also offer an online Advanced Life Support course.

This course comes with 7.0 hours of CPD, although the time to complete the course online may be less than this. Total course time includes 5 hours and 40 minutes of video training as well as knowledge reviews, final test, remedial help and reviewing downloaded material.

The content of this and all our courses has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines and come with a Certified CPD Statement as well as a ProTrainings Certificate and for online courses an Evidence Based Learning statement.

  • ProTrainings - COVID-19 Update on CPR from the UK Resus Council
  • Student Manual (V8.2) - CPR/Basic Life Support
  • Student Manual (V8.2) - CPR/Basic Life Support - Healthcare Professionals
  • Student Manual (V8.3) - Infection Control
  • Student Manual (V8.6) - First Aid Plus
  • The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) web link
  • AED infographic will guide you through the steps
  • Adult CPR Flowchart
  • Adult CPR Flowchart handout/poster
  • Asthma spacer user instructions - GlaxoSmithKline Aerochamber Plus
  • BOC Oxygen kit leaflet for medical
  • CPR Flowchart handout. Infant and Child for Healthcare Professionals
  • CPR Flowchart handout. Infant and Child for Healthcare Professionals
  • CQC website link
  • CR2 AED user manual to learn more about this unit. For more information contact us.
  • Cardiac Science G3 user manual
  • Catastrophic bleeding and trauma First Aid Guidance From ProTrainings
  • CellAED for Life membership
  • CellAED® personal AED
  • Child CPR Flowchart
  • Child CPR Flowchart handout/poster
  • Child and Infant CPR Flowchart Handout
  • Clean hand techniques leaflet
  • Colour Coding in hospitals leaflet
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) link to the NHS website
  • Decisions relating to Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and not delivering CPR
  • Dutch - Student manual
  • Emerade - Package leaflet: Information for the user
  • EpiPen Guide
  • EpiPen patient information sheet
  • Epilepsy in Action Leaflet (register on www.epilepsy.org.uk)
  • European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation: 2017 update
  • Find a classroom course locally
  • Find out what other courses are available as video online, blended and classroom courses nationally on our course finder
  • First Aid and Social Distancing poster
  • First Aid at Work Regulations 1981 HSE document
  • First Responder Care Essentials Book on Amazon
  • Free student first aid program leaflet
  • French - First Aid Plus student manual
  • HeartSine 350 Information Leaflet
  • HeartStart FR3
  • Heartsine 350 AED unit
  • Heartsine 500 AED unit
  • How to register to call EMS by text
  • IPAD SP1 AED Owners Leaflet
  • Infant CPR Flowchart
  • Infant CPR Flowchart handout/poster
  • Italian - Student manual
  • Jext Product Data Sheets
  • Jext patient Information Sheet
  • Lifepac CR-T AED Instruction Manual
  • Lifepac CR2 AED Data Sheet
  • Link to the HSE website
  • NHS Choices Web link
  • Nilaqua Hand Wash leaflet
  • Nitronox/Entonox User Instructions - Gas rentals are available from ProTrainings, contact us for more information
  • Oxygen User Instructions - Gas rentals are available from ProTrainings, contact us for more information
  • Oxygen and Analgesic gases from ProTrainings
  • Personal Medical Information Sheet
  • Polish - Student manual
  • ProTrainings - Using an AED Leaflet
  • ProTrainings Defibrillator eGuide
  • ReSPECT
  • Regulated - COVID 19 Pre-Screen Student Evaluation Form
  • Resuscitation to recovery - UK Resus document link
  • Royal College of Physicians (RCP) National Early Warning Score (NEWS) 2 Standardising the assessment of acute-illness severity in the NHS
  • Sign up for free Student First Aid - use code SCH-376-61-571
  • Skills for Care Website
  • Spanish - Student manual
  • Student Manual (V7.0) - First Aid - Arabic
  • Student Manual (V7.0) - First Aid - Spanish
  • Student Manual (V8.3) - Pierwsza Pomoc w Pracy Ksiazka studenta - Polish
  • Student Manual (V8.6) - Anatomy and Physiology Human Body
  • Student Manual (V8.6) - First Aid - Welsh
  • UK Resus Council Guidelines for Anaphylaxis for Healthcare professional Document
  • UK Resus The Use of Automated External Defibrillators
  • Ukrainian - Student manual
  • Using disposable respirators - HSE poster
  • Using the i-gel® supraglottic airway
  • Visit the First Aid Show free for first aid and medical videos
  • Web link to the Joint Epilepsy Council website - JEC
  • Woundclot - haemostatic gauze for all types of bleeding
  • Zoll AED Plus Manual
  • Zoll AED Plus user guide
  • Zoll AED Pro User Guide

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can you attend our workplace to teach the ILS course?

Yes, we have a network of instructors that can attend your workplace to train staff in the Immediate Life Support Level 3 (ILS) course.  It can be taught to meet different work settings from healthcare to dental. The course is aligned to the UK-CSTF standards. The course can also be completed in a blended format using our video online training or if you do not want a practical module, 100% online.

What is CPD and why is having Certified CPD important?

CPD stands for Continuous Professional Development and is required in many business sectors. Even if you do not require a set CPD credit level, having Certifed CPD ensures the quality of training. ProTrainings are the highest gold standard of CPD ensuring that all courses are externally verified and mapped to the highest levels.

What is "SCORM ready" and will courses run on a LMS?

SCORM Ready means that online courses can run on any compatible Learning Management System (LMS). SCORM courses run seamlessly on your existing LMS system without a separate login so staff only login using the existing company system. ProTrainings online courses have an advanced SCORM ready system to give more features than any other company.

Do I receive a certificate after completing your online training?

Yes, when you complete the online course you will be able to download and print a compliant completion certificate, evidenced-based learning statement to confirm course content and a certified CPD statement. There is no extra charge for the certificate.  You can also buy a printed certificate to be posted to you for a small extra fee.

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