European Paediatric Immediate Life Support
The European Paediatric Immediate Life Support (EPILS) course trains healthcare providers to recognise and manage critically ill children and paediatric cardiac arrest in the crucial first minutes, while awaiting the resuscitation team.
The European Paediatric Immediate Life Support (EPILS) course is a 1-day programme designed for healthcare professionals who care for children but are not usually part of a resuscitation team.
Participants are trained to rapidly assess and manage paediatric emergencies, provide effective basic life support, and deliver safe interventions in the first 1–5 minutes of deterioration or cardiac arrest. The course also prepares candidates to support and work within the resuscitation team once it arrives.
To join this course, you must be a healthcare professional with an understanding of Basic Life Support.
Characteristics
Target audience: Healthcare professionals with prior BLS knowledge
Theory: Online course via ERC CoSy
Hands-on part: 1 day (minimum 6h50, excluding breaks)
Certificate validity: 3 years
Learned skills
Recognition of a critically ill child
Airway, breathing, and circulation management (including bag-mask ventilation)
Management of critically ill children in the first minutes
Basic Life Support (BLS) for children
Safe AED use in paediatric emergencies
Management of choking
Other courses:
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Advanced Life Support (ALS)
Immediate Life Support (ILS)
Neonatal Life Support (NLS)
Basic Instructor Course (BIC)
Educator Master Class (EMC)
