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European Paediatric Life Support (EPLS)
Provider Course
General information
Aims
The EPLS provider course is intended to provide training for multi-disciplinary healthcare professionals in the early recognition of the child in respiratory or circulatory failure and the development of the knowledge and core skills required to intervene to prevent further deterioration towards respiratory or cardiorespiratory arrest.
The EPLS provider course is a collaboration between the European Resuscitation Council
and the Resuscitation Council (UK) and reflects changes in resuscitation education.
Who the course is suitable for
This course is designed for healthcare professionals who would be expected to apply
the skills taught as part of their clinical duties, or to teach them on a regular basis.
Appropriate participants include doctors, nurses and paramedics working in direct contact with children.
All applicants should hold a current clinical appointment and professional healthcare qualification.
Medical students in their final year of training can be accepted as candidates
provided they do not exceed 10% of the total number of candidates.
Pre-course preparation
The manual is sent to the candidate one month before the course date
and the candidate is strongly advised to study it thoroughly before attending.
A pre-course multiple-choice questionnaire (MCQ) provides a baseline measure upon which
new learning can be evaluated and candidates should be advised to complete it
without reference to the manual.
The EPLS provider course
There are 3 assessment components:
The course comprises lectures, workshops, practical skill and teaching simulations,
discussion groups, mentor / mentee meetings and assessments.
Lectures
Recognition of the seriously ill child
Management of the seriously ill child
Newborn resuscitation
Post-resuscitation care
Workshops
Management of cardiorespiratory arrest and cardiac arrhythmias
Trauma management
Group Discussion
Ethics
Skill Stations
Basic life support with bag mask ventilation and choking
Airway and ventilation
Vascular access
Trauma
Arrhythmia recognition and safe defibrillation
Teaching Simulations
Newborn resuscitation
Respiratory Failure
Circulatory Failure
Trauma
Cardiac arrhythmias
Cardiorespiratory arrest
Demonstration
An experienced faculty will give a simulation teaching demonstration.
This introduces the concept of role-play and simulation management,
assessment of the critically ill child or infant, shockable / non-shockable algorithms,
feedback, and team leadership skills.
Assessments
Assessments are based on clinical simulations that allow the candidate
to effectively demonstrate the core competencies that have been taught on the course.
The simulations are standardised and reflect reality as closely as possible.
Paediatric basic life support with bag-mask ventilation
(continuous assessment)
ALS simulation
MCQ
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