General practice
CPR training designed around the RACGP's practical training requirements.
Resuscitation training for healthcare teams
Life support training that prepares your team for the moment it matters.
We run Basic, Advanced and Paediatric Life Support courses for GP clinics, day surgeries, aged care and other health services. Your team trains together, at your workplace or a venue we organise, with experienced resuscitation educators.
Based in Melbourne. Training across Victoria, and interstate for the right group.
- From $110 per person, inc. GST
- Up to 16 planned learning hours
- Practical assessment and training records
Courses and prices
Find the right course for your team
Tell us where you work and we'll suggest where to start. Select any course to see what's covered.
I'm booking for
CPR and defibrillator use for adults, children and infants, plus choking and anaphylaxis. The course most practices book first.
What's covered
- Recognising cardiac arrest and calling for help (DRSABCD)
- Chest compressions and rescue breaths for adults, children and infants
- Using an automated external defibrillator (AED)
- Choking and the recovery position
- Anaphylaxis and adrenaline autoinjectors
- Who does what in the first few minutes, before help arrives
- Who it's for
- Everyone on staff, clinical and non-clinical: GPs, nurses, allied health, reception, practice managers and support staff.
- Before the day
- None
- Prerequisite
- None
- CPD
- 3 planned learning hours. [Accreditation pending]
Running a cardiac arrest from the first minute: rhythm recognition, manual defibrillation, airway, drugs and leading the team. Advanced life support to ALS2 level.
What's covered
- Recognising deterioration and preventing cardiac arrest
- The adult ALS algorithm, current ANZCOR guidelines
- Rhythm recognition, including peri-arrest rhythms
- Manual defibrillation, with an overview of cardioversion and pacing
- Airway management: bag-valve-mask, adjuncts and supraglottic airways
- IV and IO access; adrenaline and amiodarone
- Reversible causes (the 4 Hs and 4 Ts)
- Leading the team, closed-loop communication, and care after return of circulation
- Who it's for
- GPs, nurses and paramedics who would lead or assist at a cardiac arrest: practice nurses, day surgery and recovery nurses, aged care clinical leads, and rural and remote clinicians.
- Before the day
- About 8 hours of online learning, at your own pace, finished before the day
- Prerequisite
- A clinical role (AHPRA-registered or a paramedic) and current BLS skills
- CPD
- 16 planned learning hours. [Accreditation pending]
Recognising and treating the seriously unwell child, through to paediatric cardiac arrest. Includes weight-based drug and fluid doses.
What's covered
- Structured ABCDE assessment of the unwell child
- Respiratory and circulatory failure in children
- Infant and child CPR and the paediatric ALS algorithm
- Defibrillation energy and pad placement for children
- Airway and ventilation in infants and children
- Weight-based drug and fluid calculations
- Team roles, and talking with parents during a resuscitation
- Who it's for
- GPs, practice nurses, emergency and rural clinicians, paediatric and perioperative nurses, and anyone who may need to resuscitate a baby or child.
- Before the day
- About 8 hours of online learning, at your own pace, finished before the day
- Prerequisite
- A clinical role (AHPRA-registered or a paramedic) and current BLS skills
- CPD
- 16 planned learning hours. [Accreditation pending]
A half-day refresher that is mostly scenarios, followed by the same assessment as the full course. Suitable for experienced clinicians maintaining skills under their workplace policy.
What's covered
- What has changed in the guidelines since your last course
- CPR and manual defibrillation check
- Team scenarios, rotating team leader, defibrillator, drugs and scribe
- Reassessment
- 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 the day
- About 4 hours of online refresher learning, finished before the day
- Prerequisite
- An ALS certificate dated within the last 18 months
- CPD
- 8 planned learning hours. [Accreditation pending]
A half-day paediatric refresher: scenarios, drug calculations and reassessment.
What's covered
- Guideline changes since your last course
- Infant and child CPR and defibrillation check
- Paediatric team scenarios with weight-based dosing
- Reassessment
- Who it's for
- Clinicians who completed a paediatric advanced life support course within the last 18 months.
- Before the day
- About 4 hours of online refresher learning, finished before the day
- Prerequisite
- A paediatric ALS certificate dated within the last 18 months
- CPD
- 8 planned learning hours. [Accreditation pending]
Recertification day
DetailsALS Recertification in the morning and PALS Recertification in the afternoon, in one visit. $700 per person, inc. GST.
Nationally recognised first aid Coming soon
Register interestFor schools, childcare and workplaces that need nationally recognised units. We are setting these up with a registered training organisation.
Keep a record of your professional developmentCertificates record completed learning hours and assessment outcomes. [RACGP / ACRRM activity IDs pending] Check acceptance with your employer or CPD home.
All prices are per person and include GST. On-site groups start at 6. Travel within metropolitan Melbourne is included. Regional and interstate travel is quoted before you book.
Training and compliance
Practice the response. Keep the evidence.
Hands-on assessment, individual certificates and a group training record help you document staff learning.
Hospitals and day surgery
Team practice supports advanced life support readiness under NSQHS Standard 8.
Aged care
Build role-appropriate response skills and document assessed competence.
Your educators
Taught by nurses who teach resuscitation for a living
Senior nurses with experience in perioperative care and resuscitation simulation. Scenarios are built around the patients your team sees.
Small groups give everyone time to practise, lead a scenario and receive specific feedback.
[X]+ yearsClinical and teaching experience [TBC]
1 to 8Educator to participant ratio for ALS and PALS
[Photos and current credentials to confirm before launch]
Nuria Martinez, RN
Resuscitation nurse educator
Perioperative nurse with a background in adult and paediatric surgical care, critical care, anaesthetics and recovery. Holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Cardiothoracic Nursing, completed the Royal Children's Hospital Simulation Fellowship, and teaches BLS and ALS in private hospitals.
- Paediatric simulation fellow
- BLS and ALS instructor
Lauren Wilgose, RN
Resuscitation nurse educator
Clinical teacher at Epworth HealthCare, running high-fidelity resuscitation simulation for nurses and doctors, including paediatric scenarios on manikins that respond to treatment in real time. [Add qualifications and years of experience.]
- Clinical teacher, Epworth
- High-fidelity simulation
How it works
From first message to certificates
- Tell us what you need
The course, roughly how many people, and dates that could work. Not sure which course? Choose your workplace above or just ask.
- We confirm the details
We reply with available dates and a fixed price. A 50% deposit holds your date.
- Online prep
For ALS and PALS, each person gets a login to the online learning, to finish before the day. We let you know who has completed it.
- Training day
We bring the manikins, defibrillator trainers and airway kit, at your workplace or a venue we organise.
- Certificates and records
Certificates by email after the session, a group record for your files, and a reminder before anyone is due to renew.
Individual clinicians
Hear when public courses open
No public dates yet. Tell us your course and area so we can understand demand.
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Register interestMelbourne, regional Victoria and interstate interest welcome.
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Questions
Good to know
Usually at your workplace: a meeting room, waiting room after hours, or your treatment area. If you don't have the space, we organise a venue nearby.
On-site courses run from 6 people. If you have fewer, we can combine you with another nearby group or find you places in an upcoming course.
Our courses follow current ANZCOR guidelines and teach advanced life support to ALS2 level. These are our own courses, not ARC courses, and they do not issue an ARC ALS2 certificate. Acceptance depends on your employer or credentialing committee. If a policy specifies ARC ALS2, use an ARC-approved course centre.
We recommend a yearly refresher. Certificate acceptance and required refresher intervals are set by your employer and professional body; the RACGP practice interval is not a universal certificate expiry.
No. We confirm a date and a fixed price first. Your booking is only confirmed when the deposit is paid. Cancel more than 7 days before for a full refund.
Yes. Regional travel is quoted up front, and shared across nearby services that book the same week.
We list planned learning hours: BLS 3, ALS and PALS 16, recertifications 8. [RACGP / ACRRM activity IDs pending] Accreditation is pending. Nurses can record relevant learning with reflection; doctors should confirm acceptance and activity categories with their CPD home. Hours alone do not guarantee credit.