L4 ILS

Service Description

QA L4 Out of Hospital Adult Immediate Life Support RQF (1 Day) ILS This qualification is for healthcare professionals, emergency care providers, ambulance care support workers or associate practitioners who respond to out of hospital emergencies or life-threatening incidents. It contains learning content which explicitly addresses the CSTF Level 1, 2, 3 Adult Immediate Life Support outcomes. This qualification specification provides information for Centres about the delivery of the Qualsafe Level 4 Award in Out of Hospital Adult Immediate Life Support (RQF) and includes the component information, assessment methods and quality assurance arrangements. Objective The objective of the qualification is to optimise Learners’ performance when dealing with a deteriorating patient, resuscitation attempts and related events. The qualification will develop their existing knowledge and skills in patient assessment, devising a working diagnosis and recognising deterioration and management. In addition, develop their existing skills and teamworking to resuscitate patients in medical or traumatic cardiac arrest in the out of hospital/prehospital environment. Intended audience This qualification is for people who have a specific responsibility at work, or in voluntary and community activities, to provide out of hospital emergency care to patients requiring emergency and urgent care. This qualification is relevant to those working as emergency care providers, ambulance support workers or associate ambulance practitioners, registered healthcare professionals and those in specialist roles within the emergency services and military. Entry requirements Learners must be at least 18 years of age at the start of the training. This qualification is designed for people who have been trained in clinical skills (at/or above level E on the PHEM framework) and factual and theoretical knowledge in broad contexts within a field of work. They have a scope of practice and are guided by standard operating procedures, protocols, or systems of work but can make decisions relating to patient care. Learners must have successfully completed a Qualsafe Level 4 Certificate in First Response Emergency Care (RQF) or higher qualification or clinical grade, e.g. registered Nurse, Paramedic or Allied Healthcare Professional working in the out of hospital care/prehospital environment. Requalification requirements This qualification is valid for a period of 1 year.