**Current, non-expired card required to attend class**
The American Heart Association’s PALS Course is an Instructor-led, classroom-based course that enhances healthcare providers’ skills in the treatment of pediatric arrest and periarrest patients. The goal of the PALS Course is to improve the quality of care provided to seriously ill or injured children, resulting in improved outcomes. The course uses a series of simulated pediatric emergencies to teach and reinforce the important concepts of a systematic approach to pediatric assessment, basic life support, PALS treatment algorithms, effective resuscitation and team dynamics.
Audience: The PALS Course is for healthcare providers who respond to emergencies in infants and children. These include personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units, such as physicians, nurses, paramedics and others who need a PALS course completion card for job or other requirements.
Prequisites: Students taking this renewal course must present a current PALS completion card to attend this class. Also, before taking PALS, students should have a mastery of infant and child BLS skills. They should also be able to recognize various heart rhythms, be familiar with different types of airway management tools and their use and have knowledge of the drugs commonly used to treat cardiovascular irregularities. Please bring your current Provider Card to class to document renewal eligibility.
BEFORE THE COURSE, it is required to review and understand the information in your PALS Provider Manual and successfully complete the Precourse Self-Assessment with a passing score of 70. Please visit: https://elearning.heart.org/course/427, and click “Launch Course”. This course is free. If you are asked to pay or enter any credit card information, you have selected the wrong course. You will be required to turn in the scores from your completed self-assessment.
Course length: Approximately 4 hours
Upon successful completion of this course, students receive an American Heart Association PALS Provider card, valid for two years.
Student materials required: Current 2020 PALS Provider Manual with Pocket Reference Card.