BLS and Medical Emergencies for Adults, Children and Infants
5-hour refresher training for dental and clinical teams
Refresh your Basic Life Support skills and practise responding to medical emergencies affecting adults, children and infants.
This practical, scenario-based refresher is designed for established clinical teams who already have experience of BLS and want to maintain their confidence in responding when a patient suddenly becomes unwell.
Particularly suited to dental practices and other clinical settings where children may be treated, the course combines adult, child and infant BLS with a practical review of medical emergencies and the team response to a deteriorating patient.
Medical Emergency Refresher Training for Clinical Teams
A patient can become unwell unexpectedly — during treatment, immediately afterwards, or while waiting to be seen.
When children and infants are part of your patient population, your team also needs to understand how assessment, resuscitation and emergency management differ across age groups.
This refresher provides an opportunity to revisit essential BLS skills and practise responding to a range of medical emergencies involving adults, children and infants.
The emphasis is on recognising the emergency, assessing the patient, taking appropriate initial action and working effectively as a team.
What Does the Course Cover?
The course combines clinical BLS across all three age groups with a practical review of medical emergencies relevant to clinical practice.
Basic Life Support for Adults, Children and Infants
Refresh and practise:
Recognition of cardiac arrest
Adult CPR
Child CPR
Infant CPR
AED use
Recovery position
Recognition and management of choking
Initial assessment of an unresponsive patient
Age-appropriate resuscitation considerations
Clinical airway and ventilation skills
Medical Emergencies
The medical-emergency element includes recognition and initial management of situations such as:
Anaphylaxis
Breathing difficulties
Chest pain
Fainting and loss of consciousness
Hypoglycaemia
Seizures
The seriously ill or deteriorating adult
The seriously ill or deteriorating child or infant
The emphasis is on recognising the presentation, taking appropriate initial action and knowing when and how to escalate for further assistance.
Practical, Scenario-Based Training
Medical emergencies are easier to understand when you have the opportunity to practise responding to them.
During the session, learners work through realistic scenarios that allow them to practise:
assessing an emergency safely
recognising a seriously ill patient
identifying immediate priorities
adapting their response to the patient's age
providing appropriate initial care
performing effective CPR and using an AED
responding to choking
using relevant emergency equipment
communicating clearly with colleagues
allocating roles within the team
escalating appropriately
Scenarios can be adapted to the patients, equipment and clinical environment relevant to your practice.
Particularly Relevant to Dental Practices
Dental practices may treat patients across a wide age range. A team that regularly sees children needs to be confident not only in adult BLS, but also in recognising and responding to emergencies involving younger patients.
This course gives the whole team an opportunity to practise together and consider how their emergency response changes when the patient is an adult, child or infant.
It can incorporate the equipment and emergency procedures available within your practice, helping your team consider:
“What would we actually do if this happened here?”
Train With Your Own Team
In-house training allows your team to practise together in the environment where an emergency could actually happen.
Where appropriate, we can incorporate your own:
clinical environment
AED and resuscitation equipment
oxygen and airway equipment
emergency drugs
other relevant medical equipment
emergency procedures
team roles and responsibilities
The aim is to connect the training with the way your team actually works, rather than simply teaching a generic sequence of actions.
Working as a Team
A medical emergency is rarely managed by one person.
Everyone needs to understand their role — from recognising that something is wrong and calling for help, through to providing treatment, retrieving equipment and communicating with the emergency services.
The course provides opportunities to practise:
communication
role allocation
leadership and followership
use of emergency equipment
escalation
handover
adapting the team's response to the patient's age
The aim is to help the team respond calmly, effectively and within their individual roles and competence.
Who Is This Course For?
This course is particularly suited to:
Dental practices treating children as well as adults
Dentists and dental nurses
Dental hygienists and therapists
GP and primary-care teams
Aesthetic and other clinical practices
Physiotherapists and allied health professionals
Other clinical teams who may treat adults, children and infants
It is designed for established teams undertaking refresher training, rather than people requiring comprehensive initial medical-emergency training.
At a Glance
Duration: 5 hours
Participants: Up to 12 people
Focus: BLS and medical emergencies
Patient group: Adults, children and infants
Format: In-house, practical and scenario-based
Course type: Refresher training for established clinical teams
CPD: Verifiable CPD where the activity meets relevant requirements
In-house Course Details:
Training is delivered at your own venue, allowing your team to train together and relate the session to your clinical environment.
We can arrange the date and start time around your working day, subject to availability.
In-house Course Pricing
£825 excluding VAT for a maximum group of 12 people
Congestion Charge and parking may be passed on at cost.
Course Handout
Refresh Your Team's Emergency Response
Whether you are a dental practice treating children, a GP practice, or another clinical team working with patients across different age groups, this course provides an opportunity to refresh BLS and medical-emergency response in one practical session.
Give your team the opportunity to practise before they have to respond for real.
“Really useful refresher training. The scenarios were practical and relevant, and it was valuable to practise responding to emergencies involving adults, children and infants as a team.”
How Is This Different From All-Age Clinical BLS?
Our 4-hour Basic Life Support for Adults, Children & Infants in Clinical Practice course focuses on resuscitation, choking and clinical airway and ventilation skills across all three age groups.
This 5-hour refresher goes further with a broader review of medical emergencies using an ABCDE approach within a scenario-based team response.
Choose the 4-hour Clinical BLS course if your main requirement is to refresh BLS across adults, children and infants.
Choose this 5-hour course if you have a responsibility as a clinician to respond to a wider range of medical emergencies in clinical practice.
How Is This Different From the 7-Hour Course?
The 7-hour Adult ILS for Medical Emergencies in Clinical Practice course provides more comprehensive clinical emergency training, with additional time for structured patient assessment, clinical decision-making, practical skills, team leadership and realistic evolving scenarios.
The 5-hour course is deliberately more focused.
It is designed for established teams who want an all-age ILS for Medical Emergencies refresher without committing to a full day of comprehensive medical-emergency training.
Choose the 5-hour refresher if you:
Already have experience of BLS.
Treat adults, children and/or infants.
Want to refresh BLS across all three age groups.
Want to revisit common medical emergencies.
Want practical scenario-based training.
Want to train your existing team together.
Want to relate the training to your own clinical environment.
Choose the 7-hour course if you:
Want comprehensive medical-emergency training.
Need a deeper review of patient assessment and clinical decision-making.
Want more time for realistic, evolving scenarios.
Are reviewing or developing your practice's wider emergency response.
Assessment and Reflective Practice
This is a practical refresher course rather than a formal regulated qualification.
Learners are observed throughout the session through practical skills, scenarios, questioning and instructor feedback.
The emphasis is on maintaining existing knowledge and skills, identifying areas for development and considering how the team can improve its response to an emergency.
Where appropriate, the session can also provide an opportunity to reflect on your practice's emergency procedures, equipment and team roles.
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Looking for a shorter BLS refresher for yourself?
If you don't need a full day of medical-emergency training , you can join one of our scheduled BLS courses in Mayfair or enquire about a shorter BLS Clinical course.
