Who We Are

The Australasian Paediatric Advanced Life Support (APALS) was established by a group of health care professionals with significant experience in emergency paediatric care and adult education to provide quality, sustainable and relevant paediatric based education. The APALS Governing Faculty ensures our education programs meet the needs of front-line health care professionals across Australia and New Zealand.

Our Educators

APALS instructors are all experienced clinicians that hold registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and are certified with Australasian Paediatric Advanced Life Support as Paediatric Advanced Life Support Instructors. Our instructors have undertaken formal training in adult education and ongoing clinical continuing professional development (CPD) to ensure we provide a contemporary teaching experience.

Our Faculty

Our faculty provides oversight and high-level guidance for all our courses to ensure we continue to provide high quality learning experience for our participants and to ensure we meet the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) and New Zealand Resuscitation Council (NZRC) guidelines.

Meet our
Governing Faculty

Dr Khairul Ismail (Kai)
MBBS(Melb), BMedSc, PGDipSurgAnat, DCH, M:PaedMed(Syd), FRACP Consultant Paediatrician
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Karen Hodson
BN, PostGradDip Paediatric Nursing Clinical Nurse Specialist – Paediatrics
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Nicholas Spice
BN, MN (Nurse Practitioner) Emergency Nurse Practitioner
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