Qualsafe Level 4 Award in Out of Hospital Adult Immediate Life Support (RQF)
Location: Medi 4 Ambulance services, Stone Building, Paddockhurst Road, Turners Hill, West Sussex, RH10 4SF
The Qualsafe Level 4 Award in Out of Hospital Adult Immediate Life Support (RQF) is a regulated and nationally recognised qualification for people who have a specific responsibility at work, or in voluntary and community activities, to provide out of hospital emergency care to patients requiring emergency and urgent care.
Careful consideration has been given to the structure of this qualification, making sure that learning is comprehensive and is relevant to those working as emergency care providers, ambulance support workers or associate ambulance practitioners, registered healthcare professionals and those in specialist roles within the emergency services and military.
Overview
Over one day, learners’ performance will be optimised to deal with a deteriorating patient, resuscitation attempts and related events. The qualification will develop their existing knowledge and skills in patient assessment, devising a working diagnosis and recognising deterioration and management. Learners’ existing skills will also be developed so that they work effectively in a team to resuscitate patients in medical or traumatic cardiac arrest, in the out of hospital/prehospital environment.
ILS Level 4 Course Content
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Roles and Responsibilities of Pre Hospital Care Providers
- Casualty assessment
- Airway management
- FREC provider role
- Universal precautions
- Emergency care equipment
- Patient/Treatment documentation
- Consent
Incident assessment and control
- Dynamic risk assessment
- Initial management of the scene
Casualty assessment:
- Primary Survey
ABC - Levels of consciousness
- Secondary Survey
- ABCDE approach
Catastrophic Bleeding
- Direct/Indirect Pressure
- Trauma dressing
- Tourniquet use
- Haemostatic agent/dressing
Airway management
- Airway anatomy
- Airway management methodologies Dynamic Airway assessment
- Head tilt-chin-lift
- Jaw thrust
- Postural drainage
- Altered Airway anatomy management Oro-pharyngeal airway Naso-pharyngeal airway
- Manual suction device
- Choking
Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Adult CPR
- Child CPR
- Infant CPR
- CPR adaptions
- Casualty handover
- Automated External Defibrillation
- When resuscitation should not be attempted
Medical Gases
- Emergency Oxygen
- Pocket Mask/Bag Valve Mask
- Non-re-breather mask
Trauma
- Universal precautions/Infection control
- Medical Shock
- External bleeding
- Embedded object
- Internal bleeding
- Minor injuries
- Eye injuries
- Burns
- Poisons
Trauma (Muscular-Skeletal)
- Head injuries
- Spinal injuries
- Helmet removal
- Cervical collar
- Pelvic immobilisation Fractures
- Sprains & Strains Dislocations
- Crush injuries
- Manual in line stabilisation
Trauma (thoracic)
- Closed chest injuries
- Open chest injury
- Positional asphyxia
Medical conditions
- Anaphylaxis
- Adrenaline Auto-injector
- Asthma
- Hyperventilation
- Heart Attack
- Angina
- Stroke
- Diabetes
- Seizures
- Meningitis
Environmental
- Hypothermia
- Hyperthermia
- Sun stroke
- Dehydration
- Exhaustion
- Food poisoning
Human body
- Hypoxia
- Respiratory system
- Circulatory system
Course Specification And Download
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