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AHA PALS INFORMATION
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
The AHA offers two separate courses for healthcare providers who require training in pediatric care. Both courses reflect science and education from the American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).
PALS Course Options
PALS is available in two different training methods – blended learning and classroom training. All PALS course options teach the same AHA science-based skills and result in the same AHA PALS Course Completion Card.
Is AHA PALS the right course for me?
PALS is geared towards healthcare providers who respond to emergencies in infants and children and for personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units. Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a course completion card, valid for two years. Please contact your employer to ensure that you are selecting the correct course.
What does this course teach?
After successfully completing this course, students will be able to
- Perform high‐quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) per American Heart Association (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 respiratory distress 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
HOW MANY CEUS FOR ACLS DO I GET?
The American Heart Association PALS courses provide CEU/CME credits for EMTs, AEMTs, paramedics, respiratory therapists, nurses, nurse anesthetists, physician assistants, physicians, dentists, and pharmacists. The PALS certification courses are approved for up to 12.75 CEUs/CMEs, and recertification courses are approved for up to 7.0 CEUs/CMEs.
CLASSROOM PALS COURSES
Blended Learning HeartCode® PALS
ALL ONLINE PALS COURSES
FORMAT:
The PALS Provider Course aims to improve outcomes for pediatric patients by preparing healthcare providers to effectively recognize and intervene in patients with respiratory emergencies, shock, and cardiopulmonary arrest by using high‐performance team dynamics and high‐quality individual skills. The course includes a series of case scenario practices with simulations that reinforce important concepts.
HeartCode PALS is the AHA’s PALS blended learning delivery method. Blended learning is a combination of eLearning, in which a student completes part of the course in a self-directed manner, followed by a hands-on skills session.
All-Online PALS Courses are Instructor-led and presented by zoom. Each PALS Online Course has been created to meet AHA Guidelines, as well as conducting the courses in equivalency to Classroom PALS and HeartCode PALS Skills Sessions.
FEATURES:
- Includes realistic, clinical scenarios that encourage active participation – delivered through actual pediatric patient videos and lifelike simulations
- Comprehensive and includes our systematic approach to assess and treat pediatric patients in emergency situations
- Hands-on class format to reinforce skills proficiency
- Co-branded with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- HeartCode PALS uses a personalized adaptive algorithm that sets students on the most efficient path to PALS mastery.
- Students follow a continuously adapting learning path that is personalized by their own inputs: their performance and their self- reported confidence level related to each probing question.
- Course content is presented in the form of self-directed learning content, probes, and Cognitive Assessment Activities.
- The student has a choice of completing a pre-hospital or in-hospital contextualized track.
- The new all online PALS Certification, Renewal & Skills utilizes 2 HD camera’s, which allows students to view proper hands-on techniques as well as full body lecturing and demonstrations.
- Student’s are able to been seen, heard and corrected via their device of choice by other students and the Instructor.
- AHA Streaming Videos, Posters, Skills Check and MegaCode Materials are provided to students or shown clearly online.
- Student’s are required to participate with their own hands-on equipment purchased or rented from the store.
eCard:
Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a PALS Provider course completion eCard, valid for two years.
Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a PALS Provider course completion eCard, valid for two years.
Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a PALS Provider course completion eCard, valid for two years.
FAQs
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