Out-of-Hospital Newborn Life Support (OH-NLS)

• Course Duration: 1 Day

OH-NLS was developed in direct response to a clearly identified training gap. Each year, thousands of babies are born outside the hospital setting. For healthcare professionals working in these environments, supporting a newborn who needs resuscitation can be a rare but critical event.

Course content includes:

• Recognition of babies requiring support at birth.
• Effective thermal control strategies in low-resource environments.
• Airway management and ventilation techniques using pre-hospital equipment.
• Coordination and communication in flash teams.
• Preparation and decision-making for safe neonatal transport.

OH-NLS is designed for professionals who are likely to be present at births outside hospital settings, including:

• Ambulance clinicians and HEMS teams.
• Homebirth and community midwives, including those in continuity of care models.
• Midwives working in standalone midwifery-led units (MLUs).
• Clinical educators who support the training of pre-hospital and community maternity teams in newborn care.

 Certificates are valid for 4 years.

Dates for this course will be posted soon. In the meantime if you would like to register your interest please email training@neshealthcare.co.uk