3 Educators providing Emergency Medical Services (EMS) courses in Haslingden

Basic Life Support (BLS) and Safe use of AED training

An opportunity to develop essential knowledge and skills that are necessary for the safe care and management of a patient requiring an Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)

Aimed at cardiac professionals to develop their Exercise Tolerance Testing (ETT) skills.

An opportunity to learn about a structured assessment of chest pain. Primarily looking at Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS), but also other differentials such as myopericarditis, dissection.

An opportunity to learn about various heart rhythm disturbances, their aetiology, management and treatment strategies.

This workshop is designed to give those who have to give bad news and broach difficult conversations increased confidence. Participants will leave the workshop with the tools and techniques to prepare for a difficult conversation and ensure that they are supporting patients and relatives through a stressful time in their lives.

Awareness of what is happening during the rupture of a coronary plaque assists the attendee in understanding why such a microscopic event can have such a catastrophic outcome.

The course will cover the essential underpinning knowledge to effectively manage the patient throughout the life cycle of the implantable device.

This course enables participants to develop essential patient management skills that are necessary for identifying and managing the safe care of a patient requiring cardiac catheterisation.

A half day course that looks at the implications of the recent NICE guideline changes to the management of hypertension. The course gives a brief introduction to the pathophysiology of hypertension and the ways in which it is investigated and treated.