PALS course is designed for personnel who staff emergency departments, intensive care units, or critical care departments, as well as physicians, nurses, emergency technicians, paramedics, respiratory therapists, and other professionals who may respond to a cardiovascular emergency, the ACLS/PALS Provider courses provides the knowledge and skills needed to evaluate and manage the first 10 minutes of an adult ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia (VF/VT) arrest.

 

Course Description
The goal of the Pediatric Advanced Life Support Course is to provide the learner with:

  1. Information needed to recognize infants and children at risk for cardiopulmonary arrest
  2. Information and strategies needed to prevent cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children
  3. The cognitive and psychomotor skills needed to resuscitate and stabilize infants and children in respiratory failure, shock or cardiopulmonary arrest.

Course Length: 16 hours (approx)

Intended Audience
Pediatricians, house staff, emergency physicians, family physicians, nurses, paramedics, respiratory therapists, and other healthcare providers who are responsible for the well-being of infants and children.

Card Type: Course completion

Written/Skills Exam: Required for completion card

Traditional Course - Per Person
FEES
PALS Initial Skills Testing Only
$155.00
Recert Doctors / Nurses
$155.00
Recert EMT
$80.00
Online Testing System - Per Person
FEES
PALS
$150.00

 

PALS Course Guide (5/PK)

Item# 80-1412

$59.95

Accessories

These materials are designed to help the student work as an effective member of the team in various roles featured in the 12 core cases.

The package includes the 100-page Course Guide (the course workbook), the PALS Student CD, practice cases, a Precourse Checklist, and Pocket Reference Card.

The comprehensive Student CD contains the precourse assessment, practice cases, and supplemental materials that prepare students for Respiratory Management, Vascular Access, ECG Basics, and Pharmacology.


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