ARNI (Advanced Resuscitation of the Newborn Infant) Course

ARNI launched in 2014 and trains around 100 healthcare professionals a year in highly specialist skills. There are ARNI Course Centres in Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Leeds, Leicester, London, Manchester, Middlesbrough and Plymouth.

This course covers a range of theoretical and practical topics including:

• assessment and management of the critically ill newborn infant
• advanced skills including airways stations, and chest drain workshop
• additional technical skills for events including premature delivery and congenital abnormalities including surgical and cardiac problems
• non-technical skills including effective communication practices
• structured simulations and debriefing on life-threatening emergencies occurring in newborn infants.

Who is the course for?

The ARNI course is designed for healthcare professionals involved in the delivery and care of newborn infants in a role more advanced than that of first responder. Candidates must hold a current Resuscitation Council UK NLS provider certificate and should be involved in care of the pre-term and sick newborn infants. 

Medical ARNI candidates should be working on tier 2 or 3 (middle grade or consultant) in a post or training programme that may require them to lead a neonatal resuscitation and stabilisation or deal with a neonate receiving intensive care (including operating theatre or transport).
 
Nursing ARNI candidates should be qualified in speciality or Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners. 
 
The ARNI course will also be appropriate for others such as experienced paramedics working with newborn transfer teams, senior midwives in charge of a labour ward that regularly deals with complex or extremely preterm pregnancies, resuscitation officers with a significant regular newborn workload and anaesthetists with a newborn or PICU practice.

This course is for people who are taking an ARNI course for the first time, as well as those who are looking to recertify. 

The Resuscitation Council UK (RCUK) Advanced Resuscitation of the Newborn Infant (ARNI) course is relevant to healthcare professionals, including foundation and specialist trainees, nursing staff and allied health professionals.

This curriculum map has been produced by the RCUK to illustrate the potential key capabilities that may be achieved when undertaking or instructing on an ARNI course. 

  indicates a capability highly likely to be achieved and ( ) indicates a capability that might be achieved by attending or instructing on the relevant RCUK course. Any capability achieved during a RCUK course will need to be accompanied by appropriate supporting evidence, and this responsibility lies with the individual. 

This list is not exhaustive and other capabilities may be achieved based upon individual experiences. 

Please click on the relevant curriculum or training programme to download how the RCUK ARNI course may support the acquisition of key capabilities within specialist learning objectives for career or training progression. 

Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health (RCPCH) Progress+ 

2023 RCPCH Curriculum 

• Core training
• Speciality training
• Higher speciality training

2018 RCPCH curriculum

• Level 1
• Level 2
• Level 3
• Higher specialist training

BAPM Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Capabilities Framework

• Pillar 1: Clinical skills
• Pillar 2: Leadership
• Pillar 3: Education
• Pillar 4: Research

This is a two-day course and will take place in a Course Centre. There are many Course Centres across the UK.

We use our evidence-based guidelines and cutting-edge research to create our courses. Courses are then delivered by members of our dedicated and highly skilled Instructor base. This guarantees that our courses are uniform, and the content remains the same across all our Course Centres.

Pre-course preparation:

Candidates receive their ARNI manual at least one month before the start of the course. Candidates are advised to read the manual carefully in preparation for the course.

Programme:

The course programme consists of lectures, workshops, practical stations and low fidelity simulations run in real time.

Download the full programme

Assessment and certification:

Candidates are assessed continuously throughout the course and must pass two airway station assessments in order to progress through the course.

During assessment, both technical and non-technical skills are evaluated.
Candidates who successfully complete the course receive a Resuscitation Council UK ARNI certificate, which is valid for four years.
 
This course is recognised as continuing professional development (CPD) by the Medical, Dental and Nursing Royal Colleges and Health Care Professional Council. Please contact your registering body for further information.

The first step is to find a Course Centre near you. Below, you’ll find an area where you can search for local courses and find out how to get in touch with the organiser.

Course fees are decided locally by the Course Centre; Resuscitation Council UK only charges the Course Centre £29.90 per Candidate registration and £33.35 per ARNI manual.
 
Courses often book quickly, so we would advise planning your attendance well in advance of when you want to train.