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Contents
RC(UK) Advanced Life Support 1

RC(UK) Immediate Life Support 1

Adult & Paediatric Minor Injury and Illness 1

ECG Recognition 1

ALSG Advanced Paediatric Life Support 1

The Difficult Airway Course (EMS) 1

Pre hospital Trauma Life Support 1

First Response Emergency Care (FREC) 3 & 4 1

Diploma in Immediate Medical Care (DipIMC) Study Day 1

POCUS Pre hospital Trauma Ultrasound 1

Essentials of Pre hospital Ventilation 1

Major Incident Medical Management (MIMMS) 1

Generic Instructor Course 1

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EDUCATION AND
CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT

Launching for 2022, the ECS Postgraduate Education Centre

offers a range of popular training courses perfectly suited to

develop the skills of healthcare professionals and students along

with higher education opportunities.

Whether you are looking for a course for your whole organisation

or just as an individual, we are able to offer a complete training

solution either at our training centre in Hampshire or at your

premises.

All of our courses are directed and delivered by our highly

experienced faculty, all of whom are current Healthcare

Professionals in Emergency and Pre-hospital Care specialities

across the NHS.

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RC(UK) Advanced
Life Support
The e-ALS course was launched in 2012 COURSE CONTENT

and covers the same course content as

the main ALS course. It involves one day The e-ALS course teaches the knowledge and skills to:

of e-learning, which is done in your own

time, before attending a one day, face-to- • Recognise and manage the deteriorating patient using a

face course, providing increased flexibility structured ABCDE approach

and reducing the need for time away from

work. • Deliver standardised CPR in adults

e-ALS has been developed using • Manage a cardiac arrest by working with a multidisciplinary

evidence-based guidelines and decades team in an emergency situation

of experience in delivering effective

resuscitation courses for healthcare • Become an effective and confident team member and leader

professionals, and will help build the by utilising non-technical skills

confidence needed to take the lead in an

emergency.

The e-ALS course is designed for Healthcare Professionals who

need skills in advanced life support as part of their clinical duties,

as well as those who teach these skills on a regular basis.

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RC(UK) Immediate
Life Support
The ILS course (www.resus.org.uk) is COURSE CONTENT

designed for those providing a first

response to the acutely deteriorating The ILS course teaches the knowledge and skills to:

patient.

• Identify the causes and promote the prevention of cardiac

Held at the ECS headquarters in arrest;

Hampshire, near Southampton, the ILS

course is aimed at both qualified and • Recognise and provide initial treatment to the deteriorating

student doctors, nurses, ambulance patient using the ABCDE approach;

clinicians, midwives, dentists, allied health

professionals and other emergency • Undertake the skills of quality CPR and de-fibrillation (manual

service and prison staff. and/or AED) and simple airway manoeuvres;

• Utilise non-technical skills to facilitate initial leadership and

effective team membership

ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION

Assessment is continuous and is guided by the assessment

forms provided for each core skill. Copies of the assessment

forms will be forwarded to the candidate with their manual.

The ILS course is recognised for up to 5 continuing professional

development (CPD) points.

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Minor Injuries Study

Day Course:
A complete study day aimed at those Held at the ECS headquarters near Southampton, our Minor

wanting to further their experience Injuries Study Day covers a range of topics from ear, nose and

and understanding of minor injuries throat presentations to wound closure and joint assessment.

management. With passionate, engaging This course is specifically designed and delivered by Emergency

tutors, a blend of theoretical and practical Medicine Doctors and Specialist Practitioners.

sessions and joint learning, it is regarded

as one of the best minors courses

available.

Whether you are a Nurse in an Emergency

Department, an event medical provider

or work front-line on an ambulance, this

course is sure to develop your knowledge

and understanding and change your

minor injury management.

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ECG Recognition Course

(1 day)
The ECG remains one of the most useful WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?

initial investigations and whilst acquisition

is easy, interpretation requires skill and The ECG Recognition course is specifically designed for those

understanding. interpreting emergent ECG’s such as:

Held at the ECS Postgraduate Education Paramedics

Centre in Hampshire, near Southampton,

candidates will initially be taken through Ambulance Technicians / EMTs

topics such as heart anatomy and

function, disease processes and how Junior Doctors

these are reflected on the ECG. Providing

a standardised approach, this course Nurses seeing the acutely unwell patient

is designed to give clinicians a robust

method of interpreting all ECGs which Event medical providers

will then be applied to more complex

pathologies and findings. If you are unsure - please contact our team and we would be

delighted to help.

The course will explore normal variants

such as paediatric and age related

changes, expand knowledge on both tachy

and brady-arrhythmias, and look at more

subtle signs of ischemia. We will consider

axis interpretation and dig into key life-

threatening syndromes such as Brugada,

WPW, Wellen’s and more. The course will

also give clinical grounding to the ECG to

ensure clinicians take away direct practical

understanding.

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Advanced Paediatric
Life Support Course
The APLS course provides the knowledge COURSE CONTENT

and skills necessary for recognition and 1 Day e-learning followed by

effective treatment and stabilisation of 2-day face-to-face course comprising:

children with life threatening emergencies

using a structured, sequential approach. LECTURES

• Welcome, aims & setting the scene

The course focuses on treating the

seriously ill or injured child using a DEMONSTRATIONS & INTERACTIVE SESSIONS

structured approach; with emphasis on • Assessing & managing the serious ill child

key physiological differences compared to • Structured approach to the seriously injured child

adults. • Cardiac simulation & skills

The structured approach focuses the SKILL & SIMULATION SESSIONS

clinician on resuscitation, emergency • Serious illness simulation & skills

treatment followed by continual • Serious injury simulation & skills

stabilisation and transfer to a definitive • Cardiac simulation and skills including review and continual

care environment. assessment

APLS aims to teach, practice and test the This APLS course includes a flexible one-day online component
acquisition and use of these technical (VLE) and a two-day face-to-face course.

skills. In addition, the human factors that

generate the highest quality and safest

health care provision are considered.

This course is aimed at any clinician

who regularly assesses and treats the

acutely unwell or injured child including

Paediatricians, Emergency Department

Doctors and Senior Nursing staff and

Practitioners.
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The Difficult Airway

Course EMS
Welcome to the WORLD’s largest COURSE CONTENT

Pre-Hospital Airway Course.

• Prediction of the difficult airway

Learn the full range of airway • Human factors/CRM in emergency airway management

management techniques in this 2 day • How to perfect your bag-mask ventilation

course. • Endotracheal Intubation master class

• Video laryngoscopy and other advanced imaging devices

Work with expert clinical facing faculty • Medication-assisted intubation (including RSI and RSA)

who know the unique challenges faced in • Paediatric airway skills including intubation

Pre-Hospital care. • Suction Assisted Laryngoscopy and Airway Decontamination

(SALAD) simulation

Use proven airway devices in small group • Cricothyroidotomy - Emergency Surgical Airway (FONA) using

skills sessions. Tissue Trainers

• Familiarisation with a wide range of extraglottic devices

Practice decision-making and airway

techniques in Code Airway TM simulations And all the hints and tips you can take!

using a wide & varying range of High

Quality Simulators. WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?

More information can be found at This course is aimed at those who may be expected to manage

www.theairwaysite.com an airway in the pre-hospital setting, although many of the skills

taught here will benefit airway management in any location.

Examples include:

Paramedics, EMTs and Nurses working in the pre-hospital domain,

specialist practitioners in critical care, Doctors involved with pre-

hospital emergency medicine. If you are unsure - please contact

our team and we would be delighted to help.

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Pre-hospital Trauma
Life Support Course
NAEMT’s 9th Edition Pre-hospital Trauma COURSE CONTENT

Life Support (PHTLS) is recognised around

the world as the leading continuing The course utilises the NEW UK EDITION 9th Edition PHTLS

education program for Pre-Hospital textbook and covers the following topics:

emergency trauma care. The mission of

PHTLS is to promote excellence in trauma • Physiology of life and death

patient management by all providers • Scene assessment

involved in the delivery of Pre-hospital • Patient assessment

care. • Airway

• Breathing, ventilation and oxygenation

PHTLS courses improve the quality of • Circulation, haemorrhage and shock

trauma care and decrease mortality. • Head Injuries

The program is based on a philosophy • Burns/Paediatrics/Geriatrics/The pregnant patient

stressing the treatment of the multi- • Secondary survey

system trauma patient as a unique entity • Multiple Skills stations.

with specific needs. PHTLS promotes • Multiple patient simulations across all age ranges

critical thinking as the foundation for

providing quality care. It is based on And much more!

the belief that, given a good fund of

knowledge and key principles, EMS WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?

practitioners are capable of making

reasoned decisions regarding patient care. PHTLS is appropriate for ECA/ECSWs, EMTs, Paramedics, Nurses,

ACP’s, Doctors with an interest in pre-hospital care, and other

PHTLS is the global gold standard in pre-hospital providers.

Pre-hospital trauma education and is If you are unsure - please contact our team and we would be

taught in 66+ countries. delighted to help.

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First Responder in
Emergency Care (FREC)
As a Qualsafe registered centre, ECS FREC 3 - Course Content

delivers a range of courses including FREC

3 and FREC 4 to a very high standard This informative, hands-on 5-day course fulfils the competencies

in keeping with our ethos of delivering set out in the PHEM skills framework at descriptor level D,

excellence. providing the knowledge and practical skills needed to deal

with a range of pre-hospital emergency care situations. The

Who are these courses for? Qualsafe First Response Emergency Care (Level 3 RQF) covers;

administration of emergency oxygen, management of trauma

FREC 3 is aimed at those requiring a patients, major illnesses and much more.

recognised entry level qualification

for event medicine and ambulance FREC 4 - Course Content

operations. FREC 3 is the minimum

qualification required to join #TeamECS as Fulfilling the competencies set out in the PHEM skills framework

a First Responder. at descriptor level E, this fantastic qualification provides Learners

with the knowledge, skills and competencies needed to be able

FREC 4 is aimed at those wanting to to deal with a wide range of Pre-hospital care emergencies, such

progress and become an Emergency as: major incidents, fracture immobilisation, sick and injured

Care Assistant. On successful completion children, mental health problems and more.

of FREC 4 you would be eligible to

undertake the CERAD Emergency Driving

qualification.

If you are unsure - please contact our

team today!

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Pre-hospital Ultrasound
Course
On this one day course supported by the COURSE CONTENT

latest GE PoCUS units, participants will be

exposed to how point-of-care ultrasound • Introductory ultrasound operation and its use

can impact clinical decision making in the

acutely injured trauma patient. • The eFAST exam (extended Focused Assessment with

Sonography for Trauma) which is used to assist in detecting

Participants will gain a new and exciting intra-abdominal bleeding, cardiac tamponade, and haemo/

appreciation for how ultrasound can pneumothorax

enhance clinical decision making, the

actual relative anatomy of internal organs • An approach to clinical integration of ultrasound findings in

in live patients, and the benefits and trauma patients specific to the pre-hospital environment

limitations of ultrasound examination

informed by the latest literature and INCLUDED IN THE COURSE:

evidenced based practices.

Course includes pre-learning pack, PoCUS Card, lunch,

Unlike traditional ultrasound courses, refreshments and certification.

this course is specifically designed

for the challenges of the pre-Hospital Course will include live scanning so students should come

environment. dressed in sensible and safe clothing.

The Introduction to pre-hospital trauma

ultrasound course is ideal for Paramedics,

Foundation and Core Training Doctors,

and Trainee Practitioners interested in

PHEM, who haven’t yet undergone formal

ultrasound training.

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DipIMC
Study Day
A 2 day course run only by an experienced COURSE CONTENT

team of multi-disciplinary pre-hospital

clinicians who have all passed the DAY ONE:

Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care Diploma

in Immediate Medical Care (DipIMC) • Trauma study session

examination in very recent years. • Cardiac study session

• Medical study session

This course is designed to make you aware • Other topics of interest

of the subjects and levels that you need to • Trauma practical session

guide your own ongoing personal study • Cardiac practical session

and preparation time. • Medical practical session

It also prepares you for the processes and DAY TWO:

styles of examination used for both the

written and OSCE elements. • OSCE practice stations x 5

Mock MCQ

As healthcare professionals and following Mock OSCEs

discussions with the FPHC examination

board we can confirm that NO information Extensive contact & Q&A sessions with the Faculty (Noting FPHC
that the FPHC would consider in any way Examination guidelines)

as written Exam or OSCE content will be

revealed. For more information email education@enhancedcareservices.

co.uk

NB: This course is aimed at those sitting the FPHC DipIMC

examination within the next 12 months.

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Essentials of
Pre-hospital Ventilation
On our Difficult Airway Courses we COURSE CONTENT

naturally venture into the parallel clinical

science of pre-hospital ventilation and • A Rapid review of airway devices suitable for mechanical

extensively cover the critical manual ventilation.

ventilation skills using the Bag Valve • Negative and positive pressure ventilation - the pros and cons.

Mask device plus, given the limited time • Ventilator modes and their uses, including PEEP

available, we also cover the general • Gas or electric driven and FiO2 settings

principles of mechanical ventilator use. • Gas usage/calculation and run times

• The practical set up of a ventilator and its circuit, including its

Due to demand we have developed a one ‘knobology’ (utilising multiple brands and models)

day programme to cover in more depth • CPAP and BiPAP theory and practical sessions (utilising multiple

the use of mechanical ventilators in the brands and models)

pre-hospital setting. • ETCO2 Advanced knowledge - closing the loop

• Practical sessions to include common ‘problem solving’

Simple and Intermediate transport scenarios.

ventilators are a common fitment in UK

Ambulances but utilisation is historically

low due to a lack of initial and ongoing WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?

education in their clinical benefits and

physical operation which this course aims Suitable for EMTs/AAPs looking to progress, Paramedics and all

to address. The theory and skills relating Health Care Professionals with an interest in pre-hospital critical

to why and how are demystified! care.

Like all our courses it will be taught by a faculty with extensive

experience of multiple ventilator types in the real world.

If you are unsure - please contact our team and we would be

delighted to help.

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Major Incident Medical

Management (MIMMS)
MIMMS presents the nature and COURSE CONTENT

management of a major incident, focusing

on how to deliver the medical support • Understanding the organisations, structures and roles in

needed to multiple casualties. As the only managing major incidents and how they work together.

international standard in major incident • Able to prepare for and implement a structured approach

medical management, the course is when responding to major incidents (CSCATTT).

taught and the principles are practiced • Able to deliver the medical support needed at major incidents,

throughout the world, being integrated through triage, treatment and transport.

into civilian and military medical practice.

WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?

The MIMMS course is designed for medical personnel who may

require understanding and knowledge around the management

of a major incident.

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Generic Instructor
Course
The Generic Instructor Course (GIC) trains Please note that this course is only open to those candidates

potential instructors in the principles who have been identified as having Instructor Potential (IP) by

of adult learning. It provides the skills the RC(UK) or ALSG following successful completion on provider

necessary to train other Healthcare courses.

Professionals in a range of course

including ALS, EPALS, APLS and MIIMMS. Following successful completion of this course, Candidates must

This course is a collaboration between teach on two provider courses as an Instructor Candidate (IC)

the Resuscitation Council (UK) and the prior to completion of their qualification. This must be done

Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG). within two years of completion of the GIC course.

The GIC comprises a day of e-learning

followed by a two day face-to-face course.

Details of how to access the e-learning

modules and candidate teaching

assignments will be provided following

booking onto the course.

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Paediatric Minor Illness

Course
A face to face course aimed at those

wanting to further their experience

and understanding of minor illness

management. With passionate, engaging

tutors, a blend of theoretical and practical

sessions.

Held at the ECS headquarters near

Southampton.

Whether you are a Nurse in an Emergency

Department, an event medical provider

or work frontline on an ambulance, this

course is sure to develop your knowledge

and understanding and change your

minor illness management.

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