European Paediatric Basic Life Support

The European Paediatric Basic Life Support Course (EPBLS) is intended to provide training for anybody who is working with children and could be confronted with a child in (imminent) cardiac arrest (CA). Regular retraining is mandatory.

The Course lasts 4 to 6 hours. At the end of the EPBLS course one should be able to:

• Assess a child who is not reacting
• Start resuscitation of a child
• Adequately perform chest compressions and rescue breaths
• Safely operate an automated external defibrillator
• Understand the specific situation of ‘sudden collapse’ and act accordingly
• Support a choking child
• Place a child in recovery position
• Start resuscitation of an adult