Summary of major paediatric life support courses in the UK
| Course | Organising body | Subject | Duration (days) | Audience | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) | ALSG | BLS and ALS for children | 3 | Paediatricians | Recommended for higher professional training for paediatrics and accident and emergency in the UK |
| Paediatric emergencies, including serious illness and major trauma; some neonatal life support | Emergency medicine doctors | ||||
| Some anaesthetists | |||||
| Senior paediatric nurses | |||||
| Neonatal Life Support (NLS) | RC (UK) | Neonatal resuscitation | 1 | Midwives | |
| Northern Neonatal Network | Paediatricians | ||||
| GPs | |||||
| Paediatric Life Support (PLS) | ALSG | BLS and ALS for children | 1 | Doctors and nurses involved in paediatric care | |
| Recognition of paediatric emergencies | |||||
| Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) | RC (UK) | BLS and ALS for children | 2 | Doctors and nurses involved in paediatric care | Franchised by the American Heart Association |
| Recognition of paediatric emergencies | |||||
| Some neonatal life support | |||||
| Prehospital Paediatric Life Support (PHPLS) | ALSG | Prehospital paediatric emergency care | 2+ | GPs | |
| Paramedics | |||||
| Some nurses | |||||
| Emergency medicine staff |