Cambridge Postgraduate Medical Centre

Life Support Courses

Cambridge Life Support Courses 

All Courses are held at: Delta Hotels Huntingdon Marriott Hinchingbrooke Business Park Kingfisher Way, Huntingdon PE29 6FL



2 day Advanced Life Support Course (ALS)

Over two days, you’ll enhance your practical skills with simulations and workshops, and broaden your understanding of ALS with lectures and skill stations. During the course, you will develop the knowledge and skills required to:

  • Recognise and manage the deteriorating patient using a structured ABCDE approach;
  • Deliver standardised CPR in adults;
  • Manage a cardiac arrest by working with a multidisciplinary team in an emergency situation;
  • Become an effective and confident team member and leader by utilising non-technical skills.

Who is the course for? The ALS provider course is designed for healthcare professionals who need skills in Advanced Life Support as part of their clinical duties, as well as those who teach these skills on a regular basis. This includes doctors, paramedics and nurses working in acute care areas (e.g. ED, CCU, ICU, HDU, operating theatres, acute medical admissions units) or on resuscitation/medical emergency/Critical Care Outreach teams.


2026 ALS Course Dates:

  • Wednesday 22nd Thursday 23rd April 2026 BOOKING NOW OPEN
  • Monday 28th & Tuesday 29th September 2026 - BOOKINGS OPENING SOON


Advanced Life Support e-learning (E-ALS)

e-ALS covers the same course content as ALS. It involves one day of e-learning, which is done in your own time, before attending a one-day face-to-face course, providing increased flexibility and reducing the need for time away from work. e-ALS has been developed using our evidence-based Guidelines and decades of experience in delivering effective resuscitation courses for healthcare professionals, and will help build the confidence needed to take the lead in an emergency. If you need to recertify you can attend the e-ALS.  

During the course, you will develop the knowledge and skills required to:

  • Recognise and manage the deteriorating patient using a structured ABCDE approach;
  • Deliver standardised CPR in adults;
  • Manage a cardiac arrest by working with a multidisciplinary team in an emergency situation;
  • Become an effective and confident team member and leader by utilising non-technical skills. 

2026 E-ALS Course Dates:

  • Thursday 20th November 2025 - Course Full
  • Thursday 20th November 2025 - CUH FY1 Places Full

  • Friday 21st November 2025 - Course Full
  • Friday 21st November 2025 - CUH FY1 Places Full






Advanced Trauma Life Support course (ATLS)

Applications are welcomed from all doctors who are at a grade of FY2 or above. Course Fees for 2026 - £900

Places are not allocated on a first come, first served basis they are allocated by the course director. The reason for this is to aim for a good balance of specialties and grades. Applicants are then notified of the outcome of this process approximately 3 weeks after the closing date.

2026 Course Dates:

Closing Dates for Applications:

  • 25th & 26th February 2026: 9am 7th January 2026
  • Wednesday 6th & Thursday 7th May 2026: 5pm 13th March 2026
  • Thursday 17th & Friday 18th September 2026: 5pm 7th August 2026

Payment will only be taken once a place on the course has been offered to you. Please be advised that your course fee is refundable for up to 14 days following your payment, thereafter course fees are non-refundable.

You are required to complete your pre course e learning & MCQ 72 hours in advance of the course, failure to do so will mean your place on the course is no longer valid and a refund is not available.


Advanced Paediatric Life Support Course (APLS)

  • Thursday 6th Friday 7th November 2025 - COURSE FULL
  • Tuesday 10th & Wednesday 11th February 2026 - BOOKING NOW OPEN


European Paediatric Life Support Course (EPALS) 


Generic Instructor Course (GIC)

  • Thursday 16 & Friday 17 October 2025 -  Course Full


The Generic Instructor Course (GIC) is a standardised national course teaching the principles of adult learning and is a joint collaboration between the Resuscitation Council (UK) and the Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG). A revised course including an e-learning component was launched in 2014.

Who is eligible to attend this course?
Only candidates who have been recommended as having instructor potential (IP) from their provider course (e.g. ALS, NLS, APLS, MIMMS) can attend the GIC. The GIC must be undertaken within four years from the date of the provider course.

Learning outcomes- The GIC teaches the knowledge and skills required to:

  • understand the nature of teaching and learning;
  • understand the needs of individual learners;
  • understand the awareness of the four domains of learning;
  • undertake the various types of teaching sessions on the provider courses.

The course is the equivalent to a 3-day course, one day of which consists of a number of eLearning modules which must be completed prior to the two day face-to-face element of the course.

The course programme consists of lectures, workshops, skill stations and teaching simulations.

For Queries on our life support courses please contact: cuh.advancedlifesupport@nhs.net


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