The QEH has hosted Norfolk’s first Advanced Life Support (ALS) instructor training course for NHS colleagues. Across two days healthcare professionals received in-depth training to be an instructor of ALS and enable them to confidently teach this in their own hospitals across the country.
ALS covers numerous essential and specialist skills in resuscitation, including delivery of adult CPR, recognition and management of the deteriorating patient and working in a team during emergency situations. The instructor course has never been taught in the county before.
The training was delivered by a QEH team of experts who are equipped with the knowledge of how to resuscitate people in a life-threatening situation. The inaugural session saw 10 NHS workers attend. With a four-year accreditation, they will now go on to train staff within their own organisations passing on skills and knowledge to save hundreds of lives.
Paul Marlow, QEH Lead Resuscitation Officer, said: “The team and I are so proud to have delivered the first ALS in Norfolk. We have been able to teach NHS colleagues one of the most important skills there is – advanced skills to go on and teach more NHS staff how to save lives. Before being able to offer the training locally, QEH staff were having to go as far away as Bristol to complete the course.”
Amy Secker, Senior Sister in the Emergency Department at QEH, who took part in the course said: “I am looking forward to teaching these important skills to my colleagues in the coming months.”
And Chief Nurse Pippa Street, who is an experienced previous ALS instructor, added: “Being able to train instructors locally in these vital techniques is a great step forward, not only in terms of upskilling clinical staff in this region and beyond but also in terms of delivering training in the most time and cost efficient way. At QEH we are proud of our development and training opportunities which means we can deliver better patient care.”
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