Advanced Life Support Level 2 (ALS2)

Delivered by ACRRM in partnership with the North West Victoria Regional Training Hub

Designed by Rural Generalists, the Advanced Life Support Level 2 (ALS2) course was created to meet the needs of rural doctors to support and enable them to exceed the standards set by the Australian Resuscitation Council. This two-day course provides you with the knowledge and skills to demonstrate your competency and improve your confidence in leading and managing Advanced Life Support presentations in rural clinical settings.

The first component of the course is self-directed online learning and is designed to refresh and reinforce ALS guidelines, update new recommendations and evidence, and review the pharmacology and relevant pathophysiology components required to succeed in the course. The online modules will take approximately one day to complete.

The second part of the course is delivered face-to-face. This training focuses on reinforcing your experience and knowledge by applying the online learning content and contextualising it to the rural environment. Delivered in a peer-to-peer learning environment, the one-day face-to-face training allows you to work with facilitators and other participants on a variety of real-world scenarios to demonstrate competency.

Online learning hours: 8.00 Contact hours: 7.00 Total hours: 15.00

Pre activity
Complete the Online Modules and MCQ assessment.

Post activity
Complete an evaluation of the course.

Learning objectives
The ACRRM ALS Course meets the standards for Advanced Life Support level 2 as defined by the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) guidelines, and the ACRRM Advanced Life Support CPD requirements to complete and ALS course.

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Prioritise the chain of survival and the core actions that have evidence of increasing survival.
• Recognise and manage the deteriorating patient to prevent cardiac arrest.
• Recognise Respiratory and Cardiac arrest and apply the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) algorithms for
• Advanced Life Support (ALS) as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Manage reversible causes of cardiac arrest.
• Deliver quality post-resus care.
• Modify your management in special circumstances such as pregnancy or trauma cases.
• Demonstrate clear decision-making skills, efficient teamwork and effective communication.
• Deliver Advanced Life Support in the rural and remote context, where equipment, personnel and services may be limited.

Assessment information

Successful completion of online MCQ Assessment and Guided Competency Validation at Workshop.

Additional information

It is mandatory that participants complete the self-directed online learning program (inclusive of MCQs) prior to attending the full day face to face workshop and competency validation.

It is mandatory that participants be present for the entire duration of the face to face workshop (8 am to 5 pm local time).

If for any reason a participant arrives after the course has commenced or departs before the end of the course, they will be ineligible to compete the course or be allocated the CPD/MOPS points. The participant may be required to re-book which will incur additional charges.

Delivered by: ACRRM
Hosted by: North West Victoria Regional Training Hub, Monash Rural Health Bendigo

Venue: Latrobe University Bendigo, Edwards Rd, Flora Hill 
Date: 12 July 2025
Time: 8am - 5pm

Delivered by ACRRM in partnership with the North West Victoria Regional Training Hub