PALS for Healthcare Providers

The American Heart Association (AHA)’s PALS Course has been updated to reflect science in the AHA Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC. This classroom, Instructor-led course uses a series of videos and 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 Provider Course is to improve the quality of care provided to seriously ill or injured children, resulting in improved outcomes. It 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.

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In this course, skills are taught in large, group sessions and small, group learning and testing stations where case-based scenarios are presented.

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.

Features:

100% classroom training means students are with an AHA Instructor for their entire learning experience.

  • Classroom-based works well for learners who prefer group interaction and instructor feedback while learning skills
  • Course includes realistic, clinical scenarios that encourage active participation – delivered through actual pediatric patient videos and lifelike simulations
  • Course is comprehensive and includes our systematic approach to assess and treat pediatric patients in emergency situations
  • Course uses learning stations for practice of essential skills simulated clinical scenarios that encourage active participation
  • Hands-on class format reinforces skills proficiency
  • Co-branded with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Course Content and Description:

  • Key changes reflecting the new science from the updated American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
  • Systematic Approach to Pediatric Assessment
  • Recognition of patients who do and do not require immediate intervention
  • High-quality Child CPR AED and Infant CPR
    • 1 and 2-rescuer child CPR and AED use
    • 1- and 2-rescuer infant CPR
    • Recognition of cardiopulmonary arrest early and application of CPR within 10 seconds
  • Cardiac, respiratory and shock case discussions and simulations
  • Management of respiratory emergencies
    • Differentiation between respiratory distress and failure
    • Early interventions for respiratory distress and failure
  • Management of shock emergencies
    • Differentiation between compensated and decompensated (hypotensive) shock
    • Early interventions for the treatment of shock
  • Management of arrhythmias
    • Rhythm disturbances and electrical therapy
    • Differentiation between unstable and stable patients with arrhythmias
    • Clinical characteristics of instability in patients with arrhythmias
  • Resuscitation team concept
    • Apply team dynamics
  • Post–cardiac arrest management

Course Content and Description:

Student Materials

  • PALS Provider Manual
    • May Be Sold Separately
    • The PALS Provider Manual contains all of the information students need to know to successfully complete the Instructor-led, classroom PALS Course. It is designed for use by a single student, and as a reference tool before, during and after the course. The manual provides students access to a website containing mandatory and supplemental information and reference materials, including the PALS Precourse Self-Assessment (must pass with score of 70% or higher), to help them successfully complete the course.
    • 8.375” x 10.875”
    • Bound within a full-color soft cover
    • Includes the new science from the 2020 Guidelines for CPR and ECC with pages of full-color images and text
    • Includes 1 (one) sheet of tab labels
    • Includes 1 (one) PALS Precourse Preparation Checklist Card (4” x 6.5”)

Supplementary Materials

  • PALS Pocket Reference Card Set
    • May Be Sold Separately
    • Updated to reflect new science in the 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR & ECC
    • The PALS Pocket Reference Card is sold separately. It includes the following:
      • Vital Signs in Children
      • Definition of Hypotension by Systolic Blood Pressure and Age
      • Summary Steps of CPR for Adults, Children, and Infants
      • Pediatric Septic Shock Algorithm
      • Drugs Used in PALS
      • Pediatric Color-Coded Length-Based Resuscitation Tape
      • Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Algorithm
      • Doses/Details for the Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Algorithm
      • PALS Systematic Approach Algorithm
      • Pediatric Bradycardia with a Pulse and Poor Perfusion Algorithm
      • Pediatric Tachycardia with a Pulse and Poor Perfusion Algorithm
      • PALS Postresuscitation Care

Course Format/Time:

  • Classroom-based
    • Instructor and video, with skills conducted throughout
    • Classroom-based (instructor and video, with skills conducted throughout)
    • During the course, an AHA Instructor conducts video-based lessons and works with students to complete their advance skills practice and testing.
  • Initial Provider Course
    • Initial Provider Course requires approximately 10 hours 30 minutes to complete, including skills practice and skills testing, plus additional time for breaks and lunch.
  • Renewal Course
    • Update course, with all optional stations:
      • 8 hours 20 minutes, plus additional time for breaks and lunch.
    • Update without optional stations:
      • 6 hours 20 minutes, plus additional time for breaks and lunch.
  • Course time based on 1 instructor
    • 6 students to 2 manikins

Course Prerequisites:

  • Present your unexpired American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Card to be considered a renewing provider and pay a reduced price for the course
    • We do not accept non-AHA provider cards
    • Please sign up for PDRE’s accredited BLS and PALS for Healthcare Providers course and receive the most globally recognized AHA provider card
  • Knowledge and recognition of basic ECG heart rhythms and Pharmacology
  • PALS Provider Manual or Handbook for ECC
    • A current PALS Provider Manual or Handbook for ECC is required to attend the course
    • Purchase the updated book from PDRE for during online class enrollment or before the start of the course at our facility
    • Please bring your book if you own the most up-to-date version

Course Fee:

  • Initial (first-time) Providers with Provider Manual: $330
  • Initial (first-time) Providers without Provider Manual: $280
  • Renewing Providers with Provider Manual: $250
  • Renewing Providers without Provider Manual: $200

Certification:

  • AHA PALS Provider Course Completion Card, valid for two years
  • Upon successful course completion, including demonstration of psychomotor skills competency in all learning stations by passing the CPR and AED skills test, bag-mask ventilation skills test, and a Megacode test in addition to a written test, students receive an American Heart Association (AHA) Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) course completion card, valid for two years.

Students who successfully complete the PALS Course, including the following components, will receive a PALS Provider Course Completion Card, valid for two years:

  • Actively participate in, practice and complete all learning stations
  • Complete the closed-book written exam with a minimum score of 84%
  • Pass the 1- and 2-Rescuer Child BLS With AED and 1- and 2-Rescuer Infant BLS Skills Tests
  • Pass 2 PALS core case scenarios (1 cardiac and 1 respiratory or shock) as a team leader, providing appropriate medical treatment and demonstrating effective team dynamics

Continuing Education:

Note: Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Continuing Educational Credits (CEUs) may be subject to professional occupation and may vary depending organizational and associational policies, terms, and conditions. AHA, AAP, and other education organizations and associations may be only currently offering CME and CEUs for specific and designated online courses.

ACCREDITATION STATEMENT – PALS Provider Course
Continuing Education Accreditation

  • PALS Provider Course (Initial)
  • Accreditation term:
    • PALS ILT Full Classroom Course Continuing Education Accreditation – Emergency Medical Services
      • This continuing education activity is approved by the American Heart Association, an organization accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE), for 9.75 Educator CEHs, activity number 20-AMHA-F2-0089.
  • By claiming CAPCE credit, the claimant acknowledges the following: I understand that the American Heart Association as a requirement of CAPCE accreditation will submit a record of my course completions to the CAPCE AMS. I further understand that my course completion records may be accessed by or shared with such regulators as state EMS offices, training officers, and NREMT on a password-protected, need-to-know basis. In addition, I understand that I may review my record of CAPCE-accredited course completions by contacting CAPCE.
  • **CAPCE credit must be claimed within 6 months of participation. CME/CE credit will no longer be available once the six-month credit claiming period has elapsed.
  • If your profession is not listed here, please contact your HR department or licensing board with any questions. The American Heart Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and does not determine participants to receive credit or number of credits per course.

ACCREDITATION STATEMENT – PALS Update Course
Continuing Education Accreditation

  • PALS Update Course (Renewal)
  • Accreditation term:
    • PALS ILT Full Classroom Course Continuing Education Accreditation – Emergency Medical Services
      • This continuing education activity is approved by the American Heart Association, an organization accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE), for 9.75 Educator CEHs, activity number 20-AMHA-F2-0089.
    • PALS ILT Update Course Continuing Education Accreditation – Emergency Medical Services
      • This continuing education activity is approved by the American Heart Association, an organization accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE), for 6.50 Educator CEHs, activity number 20-AMHA-F2-0090.
    • PALS ILT Traditional Full Course Continuing Education Accreditation – Emergency Medical Services
      • This continuing education activity is approved by the American Heart Association, an organization accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE), for 13.75 Educator CEHs, activity number 20-AMHA-F2-0100.
    • PALS ILT Full and Update Precourse Work Continuing Education Accreditation – Emergency Medical Services
      • This continuing education activity is approved by the American Heart Association, an organization accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE), for 2.75 Advanced CEHs, activity number 20-AMHA-F3-0091.
    • AMA Credit Designation Statement – Physicians
      • The American Heart Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
    • AAPA Credit Acceptance Statement – Physician Assistants
      • AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 2.50 hours of Category I credit for completing this program.
    • AANP Credit Acceptance Statement – Nurse Practitioners
      • American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
    • ANCC Credit Designation Statement – Nurses
      • The maximum number of hours awarded for this CE activity is 2.50 contact hours.
    • ACPE Credit Designation Statement – Pharmacists
      • ACPE Credit: 2.50 Contact Hours. Universal Program Number: JA0000134-0000-20-043-H04-P
  • By claiming CAPCE credit, the claimant acknowledges the following: I understand that the American Heart Association as a requirement of CAPCE accreditation will submit a record of my course completions to the CAPCE AMS. I further understand that my course completion records may be accessed by or shared with such regulators as state EMS offices, training officers, and NREMT on a password-protected, need-to-know basis. In addition, I understand that I may review my record of CAPCE-accredited course completions by contacting CAPCE.
  • **CAPCE credit must be claimed within 6 months of participation. CME/CE credit will no longer be available once the six-month credit claiming period has elapsed.
  • If your profession is not listed here, please contact your HR department or licensing board with any questions. The American Heart Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and does not determine participants to receive credit or number of credits per course.

Scheduling & Discounts:

  • Register early because classroom-based courses fill-up quickly
  • Enrollment is limited
  • Course scheduling is subject to change without notice
  • Please call us if you have any questions or for discounted group rates and seasonal promotions!
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The American Heart Association (AHA) strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in AHA ECC Courses and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the American Heart Association. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course material, do not represent income to the Association.

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