The ALERT® Course has been active for over 20 years and continues to be one of the most sought-after courses for multi professional clinical staff to attend in the management and recognition of patient deterioration. Its longevity is proven in its requirement for continuation of career development and recognised by deanery’s, acute trusts and professional bodies (GMC).
ALERT® is endorsed by the Florence Nightingale Foundation, Civility Saves Lives, Intensive Care Society and The UK Sepsis Trust.
ALERT® is taught over one day with a blended learning approach which consists of lecture-based interactive presentations in the morning and practical scenarios in the afternoon. Topics featured include; EWS, escalation, ALERT® system of assessment, airway, management of the breathless patient, the management of the hypotensive and oliguric patient, civility, sepsis, communication martha’s rule and human factors.
The role play of clinical patient-based scenarios in the afternoon during which the candidates are encouraged to reflect on their actions and to consider “what would I do next?”.
ALERT® is suitable for any clinical staff whose role requires them to recognise, respond and manage an acutely ill person. Written to suit both primary and secondary healthcare settings, the ALERT® course will provide you with the skills and confidence to safely and competently recognise and manage an acutely deteriorating person.
All nursing and midwifery professionals are suitable to attend, junior medical staff, and all allied health care professional groups. This list is not exhaustive and does not exclude other suitable candidates as determined by the ALERT® course facilitator.
ALERT® is designed to be taught to all multi professionals and educate them together, as this is how we work as a team to provide the best possible patient care.
To run an ALERT® course, a course facilitator is required to manage and run the course. This person must have either completed an ALERT® Train the Trainer course or be a resuscitation council (UK) ALS/ILS/GIC instructor or an experienced clinician with a recognised teaching qualification such as PGCE/CertEd/BSc/MSc.
Faculty to teach on the course must be credible educators with clinical experience ideally in acute areas and experience delivering lectures and running scenarios.
Professionals include; critical care outreach teams, experienced healthcare professionals with teaching experience, practice educators, ALERT® Train the trainer candidates, resuscitation officers.
For you to run ALERT® courses you would need to purchase from ALERT® HQ a LA (Licence Agreement) which is a legal contract between your organisation and ALERT® HQ. This LA is licensed and valid for 12 months and at the end of this time we will contact you if you wish to continue for another year.
A LA cost per annum for ALERT® is £650 and this licence entitles you access to the whole suite of courses. You can purchase licences for a single course if this is all which is suitable for your organisation at a reduced cost.
The ALERT® HQ team treat every organisation as individual and we discuss your needs and requirements together to come up with the most suited model to set you up as a course delivery centre.
The ALERT® course is a nationally and internationally recognised and credible course and candidates who attend will be given a certificate which is recognised as part of their professional development. Each candidate is also given an ALERT® manual for pre-course reading prior to attendance of course and for future reference and as an excellent resource to keep.
After attendance of the ALERT® course, research suggests that it improves confidence in managing acutely ill patients and confidence working within multi-professional teams and asking for help and enhanced skills in looking after critically unwell patients.
ALERT® if implemented within your organisation can be used to implement and embed patient safety initiatives such as sepsis pathways, escalation pathways and will ensure that all clinical staff are given a standardised approach in the education of the deteriorating patient. ALERT® has been particularly useful across several organisations to up skill redeployed staff during the COVID-19 pandemic to increase their confidence and skills in looking after deteriorating patients.
Please contact us for an up-to-date list of global course centres.