Advanced Paediatric Life Support, Australia (APLS) aims to improve the early management of acutely ill and injured children in Australia through training and education of health care professionals.
A fully incorporated, not-for-profit organisation founded in 1997, APLS Australia currently facilitates over 130 courses a year for more than 2,500 health care professionals, expanding each year.
Its flagship courses, Advanced Paediatric Life Support and Paediatric Life Support, run in over 30 locations across Australia each year with outreach work conducted in several developing countries.
From its development in the 1980s by the UK's Advanced Life Support Group, APLS has become the internationally recognised gold standard in paediatric emergency training. Courses are supported by the 6th edition Australia and New Zealand APLS manual and an award-winning online learning package for both the APLS and PLS courses.
APLS Australia has its own dedicated training centre in Melbourne’s CBD which is available for hire throughout the year. It also produces the annual PAC Conference, one of the largest paediatric acute care conferences in the Asia-Pacific region.
Our Vision
To achieve the best outcome for ill and injured children by improving the knowledge and skills of health professionals involved in their care.
Our Values
- Support
- Respect
- Inclusiveness
- Commitment
Our Mission Statement
"To promote excellence in emergency care of ill and injured children through the provision of high-quality contemporary education programs for health care professionals.”
APLS Board & Committees
Chief Executive Officer
Rod Wealands
rod.wealands@apls.org.au
Chair
Jason Acworth
jacworth@me.com
Board Members
Marissa Alexander
m.alex84@hotmail.com
Andrew Blanch
andrew_blanch@me.com
André Kogan
andre_kogan@yahoo.com.au
Di Crellin
dianne.crellin@rch.org.au
Ian McCall
ian.x.mccall@gmail.com
Lindsay McMillan
lindsaymcmillan@reventure.com.au
Jacquie Schutz
jacquie.schutz@sa.gov.au
Course Development Committee
Chair
Jacquie Schutz
jacquie.schutz@sa.gov.au
Members
Shahn Horrocks, Cathrin Parsch, Jane Stanford, Anthony Stevenson, Andrew Terrey, Tom Walwyn, Mike Anscombe, Noel Roberts
Instructor Development Committee
Chair
Andrew Blanch
andrew_blanch@me.com
Members
Paul Bloomfield, Sue Coretti, Elizabeth Cotterell, David McDonald, Jane Stanford, Christopher Webber, Noel Roberts, Marissa Alexander
Paediatric Life Support Committee
Chair
Stephen Teo
s.teo@uws.edu.au
Members
Di Crellin, Jon Darvill, Justine Dawson, Connie Gray, Malcolm Higgins, Margie Lane, David Long , Catherine Gale, Noel Roberts
International Development Committee
Chair
Sue Phin
susan.phin@health.nsw.gov.au
Members
Malcolm Higgins, Stephen Priestley, Tomas Ratoni, Christine Sanderson, Ella Scott, Mike Shepherd, Holly Smith, Mike Starr, Setthy Ung, Bruce Lister
