Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Education Schedule
The Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Provider course prepares participants to identify and treat cardiopulmonary arrest and common conditions that may lead to cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children.
How to Register
All Non-Children’s Employees can register on-line using the links below:
PEARS
Pals Re-certification
PALS Provider Registration Link
All Children’s employees should register through self-service.
Program Objectives
Participants should be able to demonstrate the following knowledge objectives and psychomotor skills at the end of the course:
-- Review pediatric Basic Life Support (BLS).
-- Recognize impending respiratory failure and shock.
-- Initiate treatment based on the patient’s physiologic status as identified by rapid. cardiopulmonary assessment:
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- Provide basic and advanced airway management skills
- Obtain vascular access.
- Initiate appropriate fluid and pharmacologic therapy.
- Stabilize and evaluate the trauma victim.
- Initiate the first ten minutes of pediatric resuscitation.
- Triage the patient to definitive care.
- Participate in simulation training, using patient simulators.
- Provide support for patients, families, and fellow providers in coping with a child’s critical illness, injury and potential death.
Intended Audience
This course is designed for pediatricians, emergency physicians, family physicians, nurses, paramedics, respiratory therapists, and other health care providers who are responsible for the well being of infants and children.
Pre-Course Requirements
Participants should receive a provider manual approximately one month prior to the class. If you do not receive your book, please contact the PALS office.
BLS is recommended for this PALS course. It is not required for participation. However, participants need to demonstrate BLS proficiency in class.
For renewal students, we ask that your PALS be current or recently expired in the last three months.
Successful Completion
Each participant will receive an American Heart Association PALS card based on successful completion of the course and it’s components. Successful completion does not guarantee or predict a successful level of future CPR and advanced life support performance.
Faculty
PALS Training Coordinator, Camille Vanderwal
Instructors:
- Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, Emergency Medicine Physicians
- Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, Respiratory and Critical Care Specialists
- American Heart Association PALS Instructors
BLS Health Care Provider Renewal
At Children’s we understand that it can be difficult to schedule time to renew all of your various certificates. That is why starting in 2008, we are offering an online BLS Healthcare Provider Renewal that can be completed with either a PALS Provider or Renewal course.
After registering for the add-on BLS renewal, the PALS coordinator will contact you with your pass code for completing the online component. When finished with the online course, you will be instructed to print a certificate of completion to bring with to the ALS class. At the PALS class, you can turn in your certificate and complete the skills portion of BLS that is not covered during PALS.
If you are interested or have further questions, call the PALS office at (612) 813-6880.
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