Last weekend (Saturday 26th October), our team recently completed staff training aimed at enhancing our patient care standards. We had Immediate Life Support (ILS) Training at the practice and it was an opportunity to learn as a team and improve how we deal with emergencies and improve our overall team work.
The Resuscitation Council (UK) Immediate Life Support (ILS) course was launched in 2002. It was developed in response to a demand from healthcare professionals who may have to act as first responders and treat patients in cardiac arrest until the arrival of a cardiac arrest team.
The ILS course is suitable for doctors, medical students, nurses, nursing students, midwives, healthcare providers such as physiotherapists, dentists and ambulance technicians. It is also suitable for fire service technicians, police personnel and prison officers.
The ILS course teaches the knowledge and skills to:
- identify the causes and promote the prevention of cardiopulmonary arrest;
- recognise and treat the deteriorating patient using the ABCDE approach;
- undertake the skills of quality CPR and defibrillation (manual and /or AED) and simple airway manoeuvres;
- utilise non-technical skills to facilitate initial leadership and effective team membership
All of our team enjoyed their day but hopefully they will not have to utilise the skills they learnt last week!!
