EPALS (European Paediatric Advanced Life Support) Course

The course follows the latest RCUK EPALS guidelines, ensuring participants gain up-to-date, evidence-based clinical competencies in paediatric emergency care.

Details About Our EP ALS Course

This intensive two-day, face-to-face course equips healthcare professionals with the advanced knowledge and practical skills required to manage critically ill or injured children. You’ll learn how to effectively handle cases of respiratory failure, circulatory collapse, and paediatric cardiac arrest through a combination of theory, hands-on training, and high-fidelity simulation.

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Our Approach

  • Duration: 2 full days (in-person) at our Manchester training centre

  • Learning Methods:

    • Hands-on skills practice using SimMan, airway trainers, and paediatric manikins

    • Tutor-led workshops, team-based scenarios, and realistic simulations

    • Interactive debriefing sessions and reflective discussions

  • Pre-course Requirement: Mandatory RCUK e-learning module via the Learning Management System

Course Features

  • Identify and manage deteriorating paediatric patients using the ABCDE assessment approach

  • Deliver high-quality paediatric CPR and perform safe defibrillation

  • Stabilise critically ill children and manage paediatric cardiac arrest scenarios

  • Perform effective airway management, including adjunct use and bag-valve-mask ventilation

  • Lead and support multidisciplinary paediatric resuscitation teams

  • Apply leadership, communication, and human factors principles in emergencies

  • Conduct structured SBAR handovers and ensure safe escalation of care

This course is delivered by experienced NHS emergency and paediatric clinicians

In order to enable individualized treatment and maximum communication we keep our classes to a small size. With this, it becomes possible for every student to receive individualized feedback, gain the attention that he or she needs in order to learn, and be able to practice the skills repeatedly.

If your EPALS certification has expired within the last 12 months, you can recertify by attending Day 2 of a standard course.
Please notify our administrative team when booking to register as a recertification candidate.

Receive in-depth feedback on your performance; it will address strengths and areas of improvement. We are clearly focused not only on getting you through the test but on developing your cognitive abilities to help you succeed academically and in your future practice in the UK.

Who Should Attend?

  • International Medical Graduates preparing for PLAB or NHS roles

  • Doctors, nurses, paramedics, and allied healthcare professionals

  • Clinicians working in paediatrics, emergency medicine, anaesthetics, ICU, or urgent care

Why Choose Us?