Service Description
PALS INITIAL COURSE:
>Classroom training for first time or students with expired cards.
>Class average 8-9 Hours, with 2.5 hours of pre-course work.
>CEUs available for most healthcare professions
This course is designed for healthcare providers such as: pediatricians, emergency physicians, family physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, paramedics, respiratory therapists, and others who initiate and direct advanced life support in pediatric emergencies.
Breath of Life AHA approved PALS course includes skills stations and interactive case-based sessions that teach the participant to integrate knowledge and skills into a clinically useful discipline. The goals of this class are to provide information to recognize the infant or child at risk for respiratory and /or cardiac arrest; strategies to prevent respiratory and/or cardiac arrest in neonates, infants and children; cognitive and psychomotor skills to resuscitate and stabilize the infant; and children in respiratory failure, shock or cardiopulmonary arrest.
Mandatory Pre-Course Requirements: The AHA requires all students taking PALS to complete the Pre-Course Self-Assessment and Pre-course Work. After registration, students will receive a confirmation email with instructions on how to do the Pre-Course Work. You can retake test until a passing grade is achieved. You MUST print or email a copy of your pre-course certificate with your name on it before entering the class. If emailing, please send a copy to: If you do not have access to a computer, please attend class early as to allow time to email certificate using company laptop.
Breath of Life PALS Course Includes:
>Key changes in pediatric advanced life support, reflecting the new science from the American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
>1- and 2-rescuer child CPR and AED use
>1- and 2-rescuer infant CPR
>Management of respiratory emergencies
>Rhythm disturbances and electrical therapy
>Vascular access
>Resuscitation team concept
>Cardiac, respiratory and shock case discussions and simulations
>Systematic Approach to Pediatric Assessment