PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support
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What makes our PALS program ideal for your professional needs?
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You will be able to practice and train in dynamic role-playing situations that mirror real life and that will help you in your role as a healthcare provider. You will be introduced to a wide range of life-threatening, all-hands-on-deck scenarios involving pediatric patients experiencing respiratory emergencies, shock and cardiopulmonary arrest in which you apply a systematic approach that includes the evaluate-identify-intervene sequence. The goal is to strengthen your ability to recognize, intervene, communicate and work effectively as a critical member of a healthcare team.
Heart & Stroke’s PALS program, based on the 2020 Guidelines, provides hands-on learning that builds on your Basic Life Support (BLS) skills, teaches you when and how to use the latest treatment recommendations for your patients, and takes your skills as an advanced healthcare provider to the next level.
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Blended Learning:
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Mix of self-paced, online learning and in person classroom skills. Online component must be completed prior to class.
Course content
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High-Quality CPR (applying Basic Life Support skills to case scenarios)
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Primary Assessment
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Airway Management
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Secondary Assessment
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Science of Resuscitation
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Respiratory Emergencies
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CPR Coach
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Shock Emergencies
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High-Performance Teams
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Intraosseous (IO) Access
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Systematic Approach
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Arrhythmia Emergencies
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Initial Impression
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Post-Cardia Arrest Care
Prerequistites:
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Current Heart & Stroke Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Certificate; and
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PALS Precourse Self-Assessment Certificate (passing score = 70%)
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For you to achieve the best possible learning outcomes from our PALS Provider course, you will need to possess clinical skills, knowledge and proficiency in:
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High-quality BLS
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Recognition of common pediatric cardiac ECG rhythms
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Effective airway management and use of adjuncts
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Knowledge of pediatric cardiopulmonary pharmacology
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Practical management of complex cases
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High-performance team skills