PALS – Pediatric Advanced Life Support

Course Overview:

  • Updated to reflect new science in the 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR & ECC
  • HeartCode® PALS is the AHA’s blended learning delivery method for the AHA’s PALS Course. HeartCode® blended learning delivers quality resuscitation education regardless of where providers are located and gives them more control to complete the course at their own pace.
  • Providers first complete the online portion of HeartCode® PALS and then complete a hands-on skills session with an AHA PALS Instructor or on a simulation station.
  • To enter the course, participants must complete a pre-course self-assessment.
  • The PALS Course is for healthcare providers who either direct or participate in the management of respiratory and/or cardiovascular emergencies and cardiopulmonary arrest in pediatric patients.
  • Learners may choose to take the course in the following languages: U.S. English and International English (IVE)

Course Learning Objectives:
After successfully completing the PALS Course, students should be able to:

  • Perform high quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) per AHA basic life support (BLS) recommendations
  • Differentiate between patients who do and do not require immediate intervention
  • Recognize cardiopulmonary arrest early and begin CPR within 10 seconds
  • Apply team dynamics
  • Differentiate between and 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

Certification:
AHA PALS Provider Course Completion Card, valid for two years

Initial Cost:  $ 245      Textbook: Included

Also needing BLS Provider certification? Receive BLS Provider at a discount for an additional $45.00
(Regular $80 separately)