The journey so far...
From the beginning
The Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG) began life in 1990 administering just two training courses, Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS). As national demand grew for ACLS courses, within two years, ALSG developed and administered packages for use in other hospitals across the UK. Read more.
2000 onwards
In 2007 ALSG collaborated with Maternal and Childhealth Advocacy International (MCAI) to develop and deliver a Strengthening Emergency Care (SEC) programme in Developing Nations. ALSG’s success in Gambia has been phenomenal and contributed to a 33% reduction in infant mortality from 2006 to 2010 and from one in seven children under five dying in 2006 to one in 11 dying in 2010*. Read more.
And now...
As the NHS fundamentally change the delivery of health and social care, seeing more care delivered in the community, we are continuing our support of patients, families, communities and healthcare professionals with the development of a new SAFE programme. The philosophy of SAFE, to provide safe care closer to home, is underpinned by the necessity for patient-centred care and to better meet the health needs of the future.
With the increase of mental health crisis in an emergency setting at record levels, ALSG along with leading EM and psychiatry clinicians, have developed their latest course - Acute Psychiatric Emergencies (APEx). Supporting NHS England’s five-year forward view for mental health, APEx provides multi-disciplinary training in the necessary knowledge and skills to care for patients with acute psychiatric and mental health problems.
A further adaptation of the former included the collaboration with the original three partners and the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry.
From there it was a natural progression to support our armed forces and in particular the military. In collaboration with the military, ALSG adapted the existing Paediatric and Major Incident courses to fulfil the training needs of those deploying to Afghanistan. In 2012 ALSG conducted pre-deployment training with 240 healthcare professionals working in the armed forces and combat medical technicians.