RCUK Immediate Life Support (ILS) (1-Day)

The RC (UK) Immediate Life Support (ILS) course is the most popular ILS course in the UK with over 100,000 students undertaking it every year. This course is tried, tested and trusted for a number of different reasons. Firstly, RC (UK)’s ILS can only be delivered by a healthcare professional who has been ‘hand-picked’ to undergo RC (UK)’s arduous generic instructor course. This means that the quality of the training you will receive is second-to-none and offers complete reassurance that you will gain the knowledge and skills needed to keep your patients safe.

As well as unrivalled quality, the resus council ILS course is written and updated by industry-leading experts who collectively act as the chief authority on all resuscitation matters within the UK and often provide guidance to organisations such as Public Health England, the Health and Safety Executive, the GDC, GMC, NMC, HCPC and many more. The fact that you are getting information ‘at source’ means that you can trust that it is current, correct and capable of helping you achieve both legal and professional compliance within your own area of practice.

Lastly, as this is deemed the ILS course of choice for so many healthcare professionals, it could mean that if you decide to undertake a lower quality, unrecognised and unregulated course that you might not be as competent as your other RC (UK) ILS certified colleagues. This can create an ‘unstandardised’ level of resuscitation care throughout your workplace and has been strongly evidenced to increase the risk of making costly mistakes that can ruin your clinical reputation, remove you from professional registers and in extreme cases…result in medico-legal litigation and prosecution.

Partly. You can undertake our e-ILS course which consists of 3 hours e-learning and 3 hours face-to-face training as opposed to the traditional 6-hour face-to-face course. The e-learning is completed at your own pace, can be viewed as many times as is needed and can be accessed from anywhere…even from the comfort of your own home. This makes a great option for those on tight schedules, staff who are unable to be away from work for long periods, or individuals who need to minimise their contact time around others due to health conditions. The e-ILS course will provide you with the exact same certificate as the traditional ILS course and is equally as recognised.

Every student participating in training will be screened prior to being allowed into the venue. Screening precautions will include answering a number of simple questions in line with the latest Public Health England advice along with having their temperatures taken. As well as this, all students will be issued with a disposable face mask as well as gloves, aprons and visors if required. Alcohol sanitiser is available throughout the venue as are hand washing facilities. Students will be asked to scan an NHS test and trace barcode upon their arrival as well as leave an email address in order to be contactable if they should be advised to self-isolate.

All training materials such as stationary, notebooks, textbooks, hand-outs and aides are all provided upon your arrival. In terms of attire, please wear comfortable clothing, practical footwear and limit the wearing of excessive jewellery.

If you anticipate that you have any learning difficulties/language barriers that have the potential to disadvantage you from achieving this ILS qualification, please inform us at the earliest available opportunity so that we are able to make reasonable adjustments for you. These can include extended time for examinations, a scribe to help you complete paperwork or an increase in guided learning hours (GLH). As well as this, we are able to offer coloured paper, overlays and rulers for dyslexic students in addition to personalised 1-2-1 support packages if required. We are also, with reasonable notice, able to provide examinations and supporting material in different languages for ESL students with language barriers.

Water, tea, coffee and biscuits are provided for each student; however, we are unable to provide lunch and so you will need to make your own lunch arrangements. We do have a kitchenette on site that contains a fridge, kettle, microwave and sink that can be used as well as local amenities such as McDonalds, Greggs, Starbucks and Esso that are within walking distance.

If you are unsuccessful in passing one of your assessments you will, in the first instance, be provided with detailed feedback from your assessor as to why the relevant assessment criteria were not met on this occasion. You will then receive a support plan with actionable steps to be taken that will enable you to prepare for a reassessment at a later date. Resits are offered to our students completely free of charge as per our MTS Passport peace of mind guarantee.

No! Subject to a minimum booking of 4 people, we are able to transport all of our equipment to your premises and deliver your ils training. This is offered completely free-of-charge and does not incur any additional mileage payments. We currently cover the following areas: Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and London.

Yes, we provide a variety of discounts to NHS staff, military personnel (including veterans), emergency services workers and students. We also offer finance through Payl8r to help spread the cost of your training over a period of time. Please see the funding options tab for further information on our discounts and finance options.

If you wish to cancel your place on our ils course within 3 weeks of the start date, then please note that you will be unable to receive a refund due to our unlikely ability to be able to replace you prior to course commencement. If, however, you wish to swap with someone else then we will we be able to change the name on the booking for you.