Recertification is for teams that are already trained and need to stay current. It skips the teaching your team already knows and spends the time on what fades: CPR quality, defibrillation, drug timing and running the team.
Most day surgeries and private hospitals ask for ALS every year. We can run two back-to-back sessions so half the team stays on the floor.
Who it's for
Clinicians who completed an ALS course (ours or another provider's) within the last 18 months, and need to refresh and reassess their skills.
Before you attend
An ALS certificate dated within the last 18 months. About 4 hours of online refresher learning, finished before the day.
What you'll learn
- Apply any changes in current ANZCOR adult ALS guidelines
- Deliver and supervise high-quality CPR with minimal interruptions
- Defibrillate safely in manual mode
- Lead a resuscitation team through the adult ALS algorithm
Your training day
Half day. Plus about 4 hours of online refresher learning.
| Time | Session | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 08:00 | Welcome and what's changed Guideline updates and questions from the online learning | Briefing |
| 08:15 | Skills check CPR quality on feedback manikins and manual defibrillation | Skills station |
| 08:45 | Airway and drugs refresher Quick-fire station on airway adjuncts, IO access and drug timing | Skills station |
| 09:15 | Team scenarios Shockable and non-shockable arrests and peri-arrest rhythms, with rotating roles | Simulation and debrief |
| 10:15 | Break | |
| 10:30 | Assessment Each participant leads one assessed scenario | Assessment |
| 11:45 | Debrief, reflection and close Feedback, reflection, refresher planning and certificates. Finish at 12:15 | Debrief |
Assessment and certificates
- Theory exam (online): multiple-choice, 80% to pass
- Two minutes of effective CPR on a feedback manikin
- Safe manual defibrillation
- Leading a simulated cardiac arrest independently
Participants who meet every assessment criterion receive a certificate of competency showing the course, date, CPD hours and guideline version. Anyone who doesn't receives a certificate of attendance with specific feedback, and can be reassessed at a later session at no charge.
Training requirements and CPD
This course is designed to support the requirements below. Confirm your employer's certificate requirements before booking.
- Maintaining adult ALS competence, with refresher intervals set by the employer
- NSQHS Standard 8, Action 8.11: regular opportunities to practise and maintain advanced life support skills
- ANZCOR Guideline 10.2: frequent manikin-based refresher training
8 planned learning hours. [CPD accreditation pending] Learning hours are not a guarantee of CPD credit or a specific CPD category.
- RACGP activity ID: [Activity ID pending]
- ACRRM activity ID: [Activity ID pending]
Official standards and how we document training →
Running the course at your workplace
Up to 8 with one educator, up to 16 with two. A room for one or two scenario stations, or your own treatment room or recovery bay.
Equipment we bring
- ALS manikin with rhythm simulator and training defibrillator
- CPR feedback manikins
- Airway adjuncts, IO trainer and simulated drug box
Travel within metropolitan Melbourne is included. Regional and interstate travel is quoted before you book.
Course questions
Yes, as long as your certificate is dated within the last 18 months. Otherwise the full-day ALS course is the right fit.