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Paediatric Immediate Life Support (PILS)
The PILS Course is appropriate for the following candidates: doctors, medical students (final year), nurses, health visitors, school nurses, nursing students (final year), midwives, ODPs , cardiac technicians, resuscitation officers, physiotherapists, dentists, dental nurses, ambulance technicians/paramedics.
The PILS course addresses the needs of staff who need more advanced skills than those taught during basic life support (BLS), but who do not require the more comprehensive two-day European Paediatric Advanced Life Support (EPALS) course.
The PILS course teaches the knowledge and skills to:
- Understand the structured ABCDE approach that facilitates rapid recognition of seriously ill children
- Provide appropriate initial treatment interventions to prevent cardio-respiratory arrest
- Treat children in respiratory or cardio-respiratory arrest until the arrival of a resuscitation team or more experienced assistance
- Promote active membership of a paediatric resuscitation team
Duration: 1 day
Certificate Validity: 1 Year