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Statutory & Mandatory Training: Basic Life Support (Newborns)

Risk factors for resucitation of transition at birth

Course Overview

Format

Intermediate
2 Study hours
Online Study
Self-Printed Certificate

Accreditation

2 CPD hours
CPD Certified

Course description

This includes information about life support for newborn babies, the national legislation as well as looking at potential risk factors for newborns.

This course provides information about life support for newborn babies. It explains national legislation and guidelines as well as information about potential risk factors for newborns.

Throughout the course there are challenges for you to complete to test your knowledge on the information you have learned.

Training outcomes

Understand current legislation and local resuscitation policies and procedures.
Know how to recognise and respond to a newborn child, escalating care in accordance with local policy.
Understand the importance of temperature control in the care of the newborn.
Be able to initiate an appropriate emergency response, including:
Providing basic airway management, i.e. ensure an open airway.
Initiating and maintaining effective lung ventilations.
Initiating and maintaining effective chest compressions.
Knowing when and how to call for help.

Accreditation

This course is accredited by CPD. The certificates, awarded upon successful completion, can be used to log your hours against.

Duration

Both courses usually take between 1-2 hours each to complete, depending on the speed of learning. Learners do not have to complete all the training in one session as progress is recorded throughout and the training can be paused and resumed in our learning management system at any time.

Target audience

This course is aimed at anyone working in a healthcare role which involves newborn babies, such as midwives, maternity support workers, etc.

Entry requirements

There are no entry requirements for this course.

Test and certificate

Each end of course test consists of 15 multiple choice questions. Learners are required to achieve a 75% pass mark, and, if necessary, may attempt the test six times at no extra cost.

If learners do not achieve the 75% pass mark, further attempts may be given by contacting our support team.

Learners will be able to download a digital certificate on completion of each course. This can be printed, and we suggest you keep it for your records.

You will learn

Understand current legislation and local resuscitation policies and procedures

Know how to recognise and respond to a newborn child, escalating care in accordance with local policy

Understand the importance of temperature control in the care of the newborn

Be able to initiate an appropriate emergency response

Who is it for?

Roles including:

Anyone working in a healthcare role which involves newborn babies

Midwives

Maternity support workers

How the online courses work

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Alternatively if you already know the title of the training you’re looking for you can use the search bar located in the centre of the homepage and go directly to the course you want.
Buy the course

When buying one of our courses, you will need to enter a valid email address which will be used to create your account with our Learning Management System – Enable – where you will take the training. We will also send your purchase receipt to this email address, and any additional courses purchased in future using the same email address will be added to your system account.
Once you have purchased a course, you will be able to send this course to other people using your system account with Enable by entering the new learner’s email address so that they may access the training and set up their own system account with our Learning Management System.
If you are not 100% satisfied with your course then we offer a 30-day, no hassle money-back guarantee. To request a refund, you should email our learner support team with your receipt stating why you would like to be reimbursed. You, or your learners, must not have completed the training in order to make a valid refund claim. Any claim made after the training has been completed will be invalidated.
Take the course

This online course consists of a series of pages in which an instructor will talk learners through the lesson material. Pages may include supporting pictures, graphs, animation or extra sounds to help with the learning where appropriate. Some lessons will include challenges/quizzes to help learners stay engaged and interested in the material. Lessons can be taken in any order and each lesson may be paused and resumed at any stage.
The course is self-paced so learners decide how fast or slow the training goes. There is no deadline for completion but some of our courses have a test at the end to check that learners have understood the material. If the course has a test at the end then learners are required to achieve a 75% pass mark to successfully complete the course. Once learners have passed the test they are awarded a certificate, which can either be downloaded digitally or sent as a physical copy if this option was chosen when purchasing the course.
Your Certificate

Upon completion of any of our courses, learners will be able to download a digital certificate from Virtual College and will include the accrediting bodies logo where applicable.
If you have bought the posted certificate option (available on select courses), a high quality, seal embossed, certificate will be sent out at the beginning of the following working week.