Training Calendar 2008

The NESTA Refresher Adult Advanced Life Support course provides the understanding and expertise needed to evaluate and manage the first 10 minutes of an adult ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia (VF/VT) arrest. Providers are expected to learn to manage 9 core cases:

1. A respiratory emergency

2. Four types of cardiac arrest  (simple VF/VT, complex VF/VT, PEA and asystole)

3. Four types of pre-arrest emergencies (bradycardia, stable tachycardia, unstable tachycardia and acute coronary syndromes).

4. Acquire knowledge about the duties of a Resuscitation Team leader.

5. Adult CPR skills

6. Intubation skills and airway insertion techniques

7. Correct use of defibrillators and AEDs

8. Acquiring and reading ECG’s and blood gas results

Course duration: 8 hours

Fee:  £160.00

The aim of the NESTA Refresher Paediatric Advanced Life Support course is to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to efficiently and effectively manage critically ill infants and children, resulting in improved outcomes.

1. Recognition and treatment of infants and children at risk from cardiopulmonary arrest

2. The systematic approach to paediatric assessment

3. Effective respiratory management

4. Defibrillation and synchronized cardioversion

5. Intraosseous access and fluid bolus administration

6. Effective resuscitation team dynamics.

7. Acquire knowledge about the duties of a  Paediatric Resuscitation Team leader.

8. Paediatric CPR skills

9. Intubation skills and airway insertion techniques

Course duration: 8 hours

Fee: £160.00