Course Description
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS):
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) training is specifically designed for healthcare providers who respond to emergencies involving infants and children. This includes pediatricians, nurses, paramedics, and other healthcare professionals, as well as personnel working in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care, and critical care units. PALS training equips professionals with the essential skills and knowledge to effectively manage and treat critically ill or injured pediatric patients, ensuring the highest standards of care during urgent and life-threatening situations. The course emphasizes the importance of early intervention, systematic assessment, and evidence-based treatment protocols to improve outcomes for young patients in critical conditions.
What does this course teach?
The PALS Provider Course aims to enhance outcomes for pediatric patients by equipping healthcare providers with the skills to recognize and respond to respiratory emergencies, shock, and cardiopulmonary arrest using effective team dynamics and high-quality individual skills. The course includes a series of simulated case scenarios that reinforce key concepts.
After successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Perform high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) according to American Heart Association (AHA) basic life support (BLS) guidelines
- Differentiate between patients who require immediate intervention and those who do not
- Recognize cardiopulmonary arrest early and initiate CPR within 10 seconds
- Apply effective team dynamics
- Distinguish between respiratory distress and respiratory failure
- Implement early interventions for respiratory distress and failure
- Differentiate between compensated and decompensated (hypotensive) shock
- Implement early interventions for treating shock
- Distinguish between unstable and stable patients with arrhythmias
- Identify clinical signs of instability in patients with arrhythmias
- Implement post-cardiac arrest management strategies
