This qualification forms part of the QA Prehospital Care suite of qualifications. The qualification and learning
outcomes are based on the recommendations of:
• Resuscitation Council UK
• Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee (JRCALC) Clinical Practice Guidelines
• Skills for Health and Health Education England Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF)
• Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care (FPHC) Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine (PHEM) Framework
This qualification is for healthcare professionals, emergency care providers, ambulance care support workers
or associate practitioners who respond to out of hospital emergencies or life-threatening incidents. It contains
learning content which explicitly addresses the CSTF Level 1, 2, 3 Adult Immediate Life Support outcomes.
This qualification specification provides information for Centres about the delivery of the Qualsafe Level
4 Award in Out of Hospital Adult Immediate Life Support (RQF) and includes the component information,
assessment methods and quality assurance arrangements.
