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Pediatric Advanced Life Support

 

 

 

        

 

 Course Duration:      Initial Certification:    Two Days (sixteen hours) 

                                    Re-certification:         One Day (eight hours)

 

·         Course Tuition:         Initial Certification:    $200.00

                        Re-certification:        $100.00

This student manual for the instructor-led, classroom-based PALS course is an essential resource for training physicians, nurses, and emergency medical care providers in PALS. Also useful as a pre- and post-course reference book. Based on the 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and ECC.

Key Features and Benefits

The classroom- and video-based, instructor-led PALS course uses a series of 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 the PALS course is to improve the quality of care provided to seriously ill or injured children, resulting in improved outcomes. Manual includes information on:

  • pediatric emergencies
  • concepts of a systematic approach to pediatric assessment
  • BLS
  • PALS treatment algorithms
  • effective resuscitation
  • team dynamics.

Eligibility for continuing education credit:

  • emergency medical services -- This continuing education activity is approved by American Heart Association, an organization accredited by the Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency Medical Services (CECBEMS) as follows:
    • PALS course (with all optional lessons), ECC Training Centers: 14.25 Advanced CEHs, activity number 11-AMHA-F2-0135
    • PALS update course (with optional lessons 4, 5, and 6), ECC Training Centers: 8.25 Advanced CEHs, activity number 11-AMHA-F2-0137
    • PALS update course (without optional lessons), ECC Training Centers: 6.25 Advanced CEHs, activity number 11-AMHA-F2-0136.