BASIC COURSES 

  • Basic Life Support (BLS) course

The BLS course teaches participants how to perform CPR and use an automated external defibrillator (AED).
 It is suitable for many groups, including healthcare professionals (both clinical and non-clinical), general practitioners, dentists, medical students, first aid workers, lifeguards, teachers, care workers, community responders, and members of the public. 

  • Paediatric Basic Life Support (PBLS) course

This course focuses on preventing and managing cardiac and breathing emergencies in children.
 It teaches CPR and AED use for children and is open to healthcare professionals and the same wide range of people as the BLS course. 


ADVANCED COURSES 

  • Immediate Life Support (ILS) course

The ILS course trains healthcare workers to provide advanced resuscitation.
Participants learn how to manage a patient in cardiac arrest until a resuscitation team arrives and how to work as part of that team.
The course covers:

  • The ABCDE approach to a deteriorating patient

  • CPR

  • Basic airway management

  • Safe defibrillation (manual and/or AED)

  • Advanced Life Support (ALS) course

The ALS course builds on ILS skills and adds leadership and team management training.
Participants learn to:

  • Recognise the causes of cardiac arrest

  • Identify patients at risk of deterioration

  • Manage cardiac arrest and immediate complications in the first hour
    The course is aimed at doctors, nurses, paramedics, and others who often respond to cardiac arrests or may lead resuscitation teams.

  • European Paediatric Immediate Life Support (EPILS) course

EPILS prepares healthcare workers to recognise and manage critically ill children or those in cardiorespiratory arrest.
 It trains participants to provide care in the first few minutes until the resuscitation team arrives and to work effectively as part of that team. 

  • European Paediatric Advanced Life Support (EPALS) course

This course is for healthcare professionals involved in resuscitating children, infants, or newborns.
 It teaches how to manage critically ill children during the first hour of illness and prevent deterioration to cardiac arrest. 

  • Newborn Life Support (NLS) course

The NLS course teaches the resuscitation of newborn babies at birth.
 It provides detailed knowledge and hands-on practice for all healthcare workers who may need to resuscitate a newborn. 


INSTRUCTOR COURSES:

  • Basic Instructor Course (BIC)

The BIC is for candidates who have completed BLS or PBLS and want to become instructors.
 Candidates must hold an ERC BLS or PBLS certificate. 

  • Generic Instructor Course (GIC)

The GIC is for candidates who have completed advanced provider courses (ALS, EPALS, ILS, EPILS, NLS, or ETC) and have been identified as having Instructor Potential.
 The course focuses on teaching skills, leading scenarios, teamwork, assessment, and giving effective feedback. 




  •  European Trauma Course (ETC) 
    The European Trauma Course (ETC) is supported by the ERC but is not an ERC course. It is organised by the European Trauma Course Organisation (ETCO) and may have different rules. More information is available at www.europeantraumacourse.org