Immediate Life Support for Medical Emergencies in Clinical Practice
4-hour adult refresher for dental and clinical teams
Refresh your adult Immediate Life Support skills and practise responding to the medical emergencies that can occur in dental and clinical practice.
This practical, scenario-based refresher is designed for established teams who already have experience of BLS and want to maintain their confidence in responding when an adult patient suddenly becomes unwell.
Particularly suited to dental practices, the course combines adult ILS and AED skills with a practical review of common medical emergencies, including anaphylaxis, breathing difficulties, chest pain, fainting, hypoglycaemia and seizures.
The course is also suitable for GP, primary-care, aesthetic and other clinical teams working with adult patients.
“A patient can become unwell at any time — during treatment, immediately afterwards, or even before treatment has begun.”
Course Overview
Adult Immediate Life Support for Medical Emergencies in Clinical Practice - Refresher training for Dental teams.
For dental teams, responding effectively means more than knowing how to perform CPR. Team members need to recognise when a patient is deteriorating, assess what is happening, take appropriate initial action and work together until further help arrives.
This refresher provides an opportunity to revisit those skills in a practical setting.
The emphasis is on recognising the emergency, deciding what to do, using the equipment available to you and working effectively as a team.
What Does the Course Cover?
The course combines adult life skills with a practical review of medical emergencies relevant to dental and clinical practice.
Refresh and practise:
Adult Life Support
Recognising cardiac arrest
Adult CPR
AED use
Recovery position
Recognition and management of choking
Initial assessment of an unresponsive patient
Adult 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 patient
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 actually had 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 adult
identifying immediate priorities
providing appropriate initial care
performing effective BLS and using an AED
responding to choking and other life-threatening emergencies
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.
Train With Your Own Dental Team
In-house training allows your team to practise together in the environment where an emergency could actually happen.
Where appropriate, we can incorporate the equipment and emergency procedures available in your practice, including:
AED and resuscitation equipment
oxygen
airway equipment
emergency drugs
other relevant medical equipment
your practice's emergency procedures
This means the training can address the practical question:
“What would we actually do if this happened here?”
Rather than simply learning a generic sequence of actions, your team can consider how the emergency response works within your own practice.
Working as a Team
A medical emergency in a dental practice is a team event.
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
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
Dentists
Dental nurses
Dental hygienists and therapists
GP and primary-care teams
Aesthetic practices
Physiotherapists and allied health professionals
Other clinical teams working with adult patients
It is designed for established teams undertaking refresher training, rather than people requiring comprehensive initial medical-emergency training.
At a Glance
Duration: 4 hours
Participants: Up to 12 people
Focus: Adult ILS for medical emergencies
Format: In-house, practical and scenario-based
Patient group: Adults
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
£750 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 looking to refresh your team's medical-emergency skills, or another clinical team wanting a practical adult refresher, we can tailor the session to your environment and existing experience.
Give your team the opportunity to practise ILS, medical-emergency recognition and coordinated team response — before they have to do it for real.
This was a practical, engaging training that gave us the opportunity to refresh our skills, work through realistic scenarios and build confidence in responding to medical emergencies.
How Is This Different From Clinical BLS?
Our 3-hour Basic Life Support in Clinical Practice course focuses on adult BLS, choking and practical airway and ventilation skills.
This 4-hour course goes further by combining those core life support skills with a broader review of adult medical emergencies and scenario-based team response.
Choose the 3-hour Clinical BLS course if your main requirement is to refresh BLS and clinical airway skills.
Choose this 4-hour course if you want to refresh your knowledge and practise responding to a wider range of adult medical emergencies.
How Is This Different From the 7-Hour Course?
The 7-hour Immediate Life Support for Medical Emergencies in Clinical Practice course provides a much more comprehensive review of clinical emergencies, with additional time for structured patient assessment, clinical decision-making, team leadership, practical skills and realistic evolving scenarios.
The 4-hour course is deliberately a more focused refresher course.
It is designed for established teams who want a practical adult refresher without committing to a full day of comprehensive medical-emergency training.
Choose the 4-hour refresher if you:
Already have experience of ILS.
Need to refresh adult ILS and AED skills.
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 more 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.
Medical Emergencies in Clinical Practice is a comprehensive one-day course for teams who want to develop a deeper understanding of clinical emergencies and strengthen their ability to respond effectively when a patient's condition deteriorates.
The course is particularly relevant to dental practices, GP and primary-care teams, aesthetic practices and other clinical environments where staff may need to recognise and manage a deteriorating patient.
Unlike a short refresher session, this course allows time for structured patient assessment, clinical decision-making, practical skills, team leadership and realistic scenarios.
The training can be tailored to the clinical environment, patient population, equipment and emergency procedures of the practice. It is suitable both for teams undertaking more comprehensive initial training and for established teams seeking a more in-depth review of their emergency response.
The emphasis is on practical clinical crisis management: recognising what is happening, deciding what to do, working effectively as a team and responding under realistic conditions.
How is this different from BLS training?
BLS training focuses on the recognition and immediate management of cardiac arrest and other specific life-threatening emergencies. Immediate Life Support for Medical Emergencies in Clinical Practice goes further, developing the skills needed to assess a deteriorating patient, make clinical decisions, manage a wider range of emergencies, lead a team and apply emergency procedures within the practice environment.
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Looking for a BLS or ILS refresher for yourself?
If you don't need a full day of medical-emergency training, you can join one of our scheduled BLS or ILS courses in Mayfair.
