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Early Pregnancy Unit

Last updated on Monday, February 10, 2025

What is The Early Pregnancy Unit? The Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit (EPAU) provides outpatient care to women with problems or concerns in early pregnancy up to 16 weeks and 6 days of their pregnancy.  Ultrasound scans are undertaken to confirm the location and viability of a pregnancy followin...

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Newborn Life Support (NLS)

Last updated on Wednesday, September 5, 2018

The Resuscitation Council (UK) Newborn Life Support (NLS) course was launched in 1999 and is a standardised national course providing clear practical instruction in airway support and the theoretical background to illustrate its importance in resuscitation of the newborn. The NLS course has the...

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Tag:   apnoea (2)     NLS (1)     Resuscitation (5)     newborn (2)     life (1)     support (27)     bradycardia (1)    

Palliative and End of Life Care

Last updated on Wednesday, October 29, 2025

What is Supportive and Palliative Care? Supportive and Palliative Care focuses on assessing the needs of patients and those close to them, to make sure what matters most to them is our priority too. The aim of palliative care is to maximise a person’s quality of life by treating and relieving sy...

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Tag:   palliative (2)     end of life care (1)     dying matters (1)     death (2)     palliative care (1)     dying (1)     passing away (1)     terminal (1)    

Immediate Life Support (ILS) course

Last updated on Friday, November 22, 2019

e-ILS - Immediate Life Support e-learning 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...

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Tag:   first responders (1)     life support (3)     ILS (1)     CPR (2)     defibrillation (1)     re-certification (1)    

Paediatric Life Support (PLS) course

Last updated on Monday, November 2, 2020

Paediatric Life Support course (ALSG) The PLS course provides the knowledge and skills necessary for the initial recognition, treatment and stabilisation of children with life threatening emergencies, using a structured, sequential approach. The seriously ill and or injured child needs to be...

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Tag:   PILS (1)     BLS (1)     EPALS (1)     APLS (2)     paediatric (6)     immediate (1)     life support (3)    

Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS)

Last updated on Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Advanced Paediatric Life Support is taught, and its principles practised throughout the world. Over 83,000 candidates have completed the course since its inception in 1993. The 3-day APLS course comprises of a flexible one-day on-line component (VLE) and a two-day face-to-face course. Candidates...

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Tag:   Advanced (1)     Paediatric (1)     Life Support (1)     APLS (2)     Emergency Medicine (1)     serious (1)     accident (5)    

Advanced Life Support (ALS)

Last updated on Wednesday, September 5, 2018

The Resuscitation Council (UK) Advanced Life Support (ALS) course was launched 1993. It is a standardised national course teaching evidence-based resuscitation guidelines and skills to healthcare professionals in the United Kingdom. The ALS course has also been adopted by the European Resuscitati...

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Tag:   ALS (1)     ERC (1)     Resuscitation (5)     CPR (2)     cardiac (3)