Immediate Life Support ILS
The Immediate Life Support (ILS) course provides healthcare staff with the essential knowledge and skills needed to treat adult patients in cardiorespiratory arrest for the short time before the arrival of a resuscitation team or more experienced assistance. It also prepares healthcare staff to be members of a resuscitation team.
Many cardiorespiratory arrests are preventable. ILS teaches the recognition and treatment of the deteriorating patient using the ABCDE (Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability and Exposure) approach. ILS knowledge and skills will enable first responders to recognise and start treatment in patients at risk of deterioration and cardiac arrest. If cardiorespiratory arrest does occur, the skills covered are those that are most likely to resuscitate the patient.