Newborn Life Support

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Launched in 1999, Resuscitation Council UK’s Newborn Life Support course teaches the knowledge and skills to:

approach the management of a newborn infant requiring assistance during the first 10-20 minutes in a competent manner;
understand the processes underlying apnoea, bradycardia and poor condition at birth;
initiate resuscitation of the newborn infant;
deliver practical airway management and ventilatory support.

Who is the course for?

The NLS course is designed for any healthcare professional involved in the delivery and care of the newborn infant. This includes both junior and senior medical and nursing staff, midwives, paramedics and resuscitation officers.

All applicants must hold a professional healthcare qualification or be in training for a professional healthcare qualification.

Unlike many of our other courses, there is no NLS recertification course. The NLS course is appropriate for first-time Candidates as well as those looking to renew their NLS certification.

Course structure and programme

This is a one-day course and will take place in a Course Centre. There are many Course Centres across the UK.

We use our evidence-based guidelines and cutting-edge research to create our courses. Courses are then delivered by members of our dedicated and highly skilled Instructor base. This guarantees that our courses are uniform, and the content remains the same across all our Course Centres.

Pre-course preparation:

Candidates receive their NLS manual one month before the start of the course. Candidates should prepare for the course by reading the manual and completing the online pre-course MCQ (multiple-choice question) paper

General information

Launched in 1999, Resuscitation Council UK’s Newborn Life Support course teaches the knowledge and skills to:

approach the management of a newborn infant requiring assistance during the first 10-20 minutes in a competent manner;
understand the processes underlying apnoea, bradycardia and poor condition at birth;
initiate resuscitation of the newborn infant;
deliver practical airway management and ventilatory support.

Who is the course for?

All applicants must hold a professional healthcare qualification or be in training for a professional healthcare qualification

£240.00

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