Basic Life Support Instructor Refresher
Resuscitation guidelines change. Your instructor knowledge needs to keep pace.
The UK Resuscitation Council reviews and updates its guidelines periodically, and those updates have practical implications for how CPR, AED use and paediatric BLS are taught. An instructor delivering content based on superseded guidance is not just out of date. They may be teaching technique that conflicts with current best practice.
This refresher course is for delegates who have previously completed our Basic Life Support Instructor course and want to maintain their instructional competence and keep their BLS knowledge current. It revisits both the subject content and the instructional skills, with particular attention to any changes in UK Resuscitation Council guidelines since the delegate’s previous training.
This course is for those who have already attended our initial BLS Instructor course. If you have not yet completed the initial qualification, please book that course first.
What the Refresher Covers
Updated BLS content
- Review of adult and paediatric CPR technique, in line with current UK Resuscitation Council guidelines
- AED use and any updates to recommended protocols
- Choking response for adults and children
- Any changes to the chain of survival or evidence base since your previous training
Instructor skills refresh
- Revisiting how to structure and deliver a BLS training session effectively
- Common instructor errors and how to avoid them
- Practical assessment technique: ensuring your competency checks are consistent and defensible
- Updating your training materials and session plans to reflect current guidelines
- Record-keeping and evidence of competence
Course Details
| Format | Face to face, hands-on throughout |
| Group size | Maximum 12 per instructor |
| Certificate | Refresher certificate issued by Chris Garland Training, PDF as standard |
| Eligibility | For those who have previously completed the CGT Basic Life Support Instructor course |
| Venue | Knutsford training centre, or at your premises nationwide |
Certificate:
| Certificate issued by: | Validity Period: | Cost: | Comments: |
| Chris Garland Training: | 1 years | Included in booking fee | • PDF format by default. • Paper format available at additional cost (£5 per candidate) |
Course duration:
| Notes: | • The arrival time allows time to get seated and fill in the course paperwork, etc. • If you are running late, please call us to let us know (01565 746555). • If you arrive more than 15 minutes after the start time, you will be turned away and will forfeit your place on the course and any monies paid. |
| End | • 4.30pm |
| Learning hours | • 7 hours Approx. |
| Arrive | • 8.45am |
| Start | • 9am |
| Breaks | • Approx 1 hour through the day |
| Day 1 |
Test:
| Practical assessment: | • Being a practical skill, there is a practical assessment on all the practical skills taught on the course. - To pass: 100% correct • Please note the candidate pre-requisite requirements detailed on this page. • Failed candidates can undertake one reassessment on another day. Repeat failure will require undertaking the course again. |
| Knowledge assessment: | • Multiple-choice exam - 15 questions - 20 minutes - To pass: 70% correct • Failed candidates can undertake one reassessment on another day. Repeat failure will require undertaking the course again. |
| Teaching assessment: | • Each candidate will be required to undertake a short teaching session on some of the topics taught on the course. • This mini-teaching session normally lasts around 15-20 minutes. • You will be assessed on your teaching and assessment. Feedback will be provided. |
Pre-requisites:
| Who could attend: | • The course is aimed at those over 18 who are looking to deliver Basic Life Support training. |
| Education: | • We recommend that you have a minimum of GCSE English & Maths at grade C/Level 2 (or equivalent) before undertaking this course. • This is not mandatory – please contact us to discuss any reasonable adjustments to accommodate your needs (e.g Dyslexia). |
| Prior knowledge: | • You don't need to have any prior knowledge of the subject, but if you do, that's great. We cover everything that you need to know as part of the training course. • Note that this course does not lead to a recognised teaching an assessment qualification (e.g. Level 3 Award in Education and Training). |
| Physical ability: | • You must be physically able to demonstrate first aid procedures as they would occur in a real life. • As part of your assessment you will be required to provide CPR to a casualty (manikin) who is on the floor. |
Candidates:
| General: | • All classroom courses have a minimum and maximum number of candidates that we can take on a course. |
| Minimum: 6 candidates | • We need a minimum of 6 candidates for the course to run. • Where fewer than 6 are booked on to the course, we will cancel the course 48 hours before it is due to start. • In this unlikely case, we will contact you to discuss transferring your booking to another date or to issue a refund. |
| Maximum: 8 candidates | • We limit this course to a maximum of 8 candidates per course. • If you have more than 8 candidates to undertake this training, you may prefer to arrange several private bookings. Click here to contact us and discuss your requirements. |
Venue:
- Scheduled courses run at our training centre in Knutsford, Cheshire. Visit our Joining Instructions page to read about what you will need to bring/wear, etc.
- Why not arrange to have a private face to face course run at your workplace? Simply fill in our quote request form to request a quotation.
Joining instructions:
Private courses:
- To arrange a private course for yourself or your colleagues, please fill in our quote request form.
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Basic Life Support Instructor Refresher
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