Pediatric Advanced Life Support

Course Description

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) is intended for healthcare professionals who respond to emergencies in infants and children and for personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units that encounter pediatric patients on a regular basis.
PALS uses a series of videos and simulated pediatric emergencies to reinforce the important concepts of a systematic approach to pediatric assessment, basic life support, PALS treatment algorithms, effective resuscitation, and team dynamics.

The goal of this course is to prepare healthcare providers caring for pediatric patients to give them the tools to effectively recognize and intervene in patients with respiratory &/or cardiac emergencies, shock, and cardiopulmonary arrest.

  • Perform high-quality CPR
  • Differentiate between patients who do and do not require immediate intervention
  • Recognize cardiopulmonary arrest early
  • Apply Team Dynamics
  • Differentiate between respiratory destress and failure
  • Perform early interventions for respiratory distress and failure
  • Differentiate between compensated and decompensated (hypotensive) shock
  • Perform early interventions for the treatment of shock
  • Differentiate between unstable and stable patients with arrhythmias
  • Describe clinical characteristics of instability in patients with arrhythmias
  • Implement post-cardiac arrest management

All formats are taught by American Heart Association (AHA) certified instructors and follow the AHA guidelines for the course.

Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a course completion eCard, valid for two years.

PALS Provider Course (2 Day)

PALS is an advanced course for healthcare providers who respond to emergencies in infants and children, such as personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units.

The course is available to all students.

  • Students whose certification has expired
  • Students who are taking PALS for the first time
  • Students who prefer the classroom learning Format
  • Students who have a non AHA PALS Provider certification.
  • Students who are renewing their PALS certification and prefer the two day format

Successful students receive an AHA eCertification valid for two years. The certification will be issued to the email you use to register for the class.**

Pre-class Requirements

  1. The current AHA Advanced Pediatric Life Support Student Manual is required for the course. The manual can be either the printed manual or the ebook. The manual can be purchased directly from AHA using the link provided below:
    https://shopcpr.heart.org/
    Scroll down to "courses" & select PALS. Then select "student" and choose either "PALS provider manual" or "PALS provider manual ebook". You must also select "PALS Pre-course Assessment.
  2. Completion of the PALS Pre-course Assessment is required. Please print & bring it with you to class the first day.
    NOTE: You will need to set up an account with the AHA (unless you already have one) to access the Pre-course Assessment, that can be done through the link above by clicking on "Sign in/Sign up" at the top of the page.

Class Information

Price per Seat:

$225 / seat

Standard Class:

4 - 12 Seats

Number of sessions:

2 x days

Upcoming Course Dates

  • FEB 26-27

    Hours

    9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

    Remaining Seats

    12 of 12

    Location

    Badge Med

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