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Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

*** NEW 2020 GUIDELINES ***

Provider - Renewal / Update Course

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About:

This pediatric advanced resuscitation course teaches the critical actions a provider must take during the first 10 minutes when your patient enters into cardiac arrest. Click here for the Adult version of this course (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support [ACLS]).

Throughout this course, you will learn, practice, and apply the following:

Pediatric basic life support (BLS) skills, including effective chest compressions, use of a bag-mask device, and use of an AED
Recognition and early management of respiratory, shock, and cardiac arrest (VF, pVT, PEA, Asystole)
Recognition and early management of peri-arrest conditions such as respiratory distress, respiratory failure, shock, symptomatic bradycardia, tachycardia, etc
Basic and advanced pediatric airway management
Related pharmacology
Effective communication as a member and a leader of a resuscitation team
and much more...

Audience: All healthcare providers where PALS is required for their workplace requirement/scope of practice. Additionally, students of health care programs (i.e., RN Students, Medical Students, NP Students, PA Students, etc. may also attend this program) and more. If you are taking this course for the first time or your PALS credential has lapsed, this course is for you.

Before attending this course, you should:

Obtain & read the current 2020 AHA PALS textbook. The AHA does not permit the loaning/sharing/renting of textbooks. Each participant must have their textbook available before, during, and after the course.
(Optional) Complete the Online EKG & Emergency Pharmacology course before taking this course. This online course includes all necessary content to pass the pre-test and other ACLS course concepts. Registration is available on the next page. Those with significant experience with ECGs and Emergency Pharmacology may skip this section.
Watch four videos on the AHA's pre-test website (access code available on page ii of the PALS textbook).
Pass the PALS pre-test with a score of 70% or higher. Note: the pre-test access code is located inside your account once you register for the course. This link will direct you to the AHA's website; the pre-test provides you with unlimited attempts to pass the pre-test.

Upon completing this course, you will be issued an American Heart Association (AHA) Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) credential, valid for two years.

To complete this course, you must:

Sign-in on the course roster.
Bring all the required items to the course.
Bring your unexpired AHA PALS credential to the course.
Have watched all the videos on the AHA website.
Complete and participate in all stations and discussions.
Pass the written (50 MCQs) with an 84% or higher score.
Complete two mega-code scenarios.
Complete the post-course evaluation.

Bring with you to the course:

Your copy of the PALS textbook.
Unexpired AHA PALS Card.
Pre-test with a score of 70% (or higher).
Copy of your current AHA BLS for Healthcare Providers credential*
Photo ID (i.e., driver's license).

We are not permitted to admit you to the course without these items.

*A BLS card is not required if renewing BLS on the same day as the PALS course.

Contact hours (nursing): 8 continuing nursing education hours are awarded upon successful PALS program completion.

*Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (Provider #CEP17561) and Florida Board of Nursing (Provider #50-24286) for 8 Contact Hours.

An additional 6.5 contact hours are awarded for completing the ECG & Emergency Pharmacology Course)!

Faculty: Our instructors are outstanding! They are non-intimidating, knowledgeable, and genuinely interested in helping you succeed in completing this course. Our faculty members are selected because of their expertise, talent, and friendly approach!

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Disclaimers

Required Contact Hours Disclaimers:

Nursing Continuing Education is accepted in ALL states (AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE FL GA HI ID IL IN KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY), except for IA.
The planning committee, presenters, faculty, authors, and content reviewers have no conflict of interest to disclose.
Speakers must provide a balanced and unbiased presentation; the presentation has been reviewed, and any bias, if found, has been eliminated.
This program has no commercial support, joint providership, or sponsorship.
The Health Care Training Academy (D/B/A CardiacEd) is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the New Jersey State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. #P295
Approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # CEP17561
Approved via CE Broker for FL, GA, SC, NC, AK # 50-24286
Accreditation status does not imply endorsement by The Health Care Training Academy (D/B/A CardiacEd), NJSNA, or ANCC Commission on Accreditation of any commercial products displayed (if any) in conjunction with this program.
Non-nursing professionals should consult with their respective boards to ensure nursing credit is acceptable for your credential renewal requirements. If you are not a nurse and take this educational credit program, please verify your board's acceptance before registering for this event, as refunds will not be issued.
All registrations are final. Once purchased, there are no refunds, credits, extensions, or transfers. Please verify you can attend the program before registering and have enough time to complete it. There are no partial contact hours for this course.
Criteria to complete this program: The entire session must be attended to receive nursing continuing education credit.
ANCC does not permit us to issue contact hours for BLS provider courses, except for BLS Instructor course(s).
Unless stated, this activity does not offer college credit.

Required AHA Disclaimer: The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in BLS, ACLS, and PALS and has developed instructional material for this purpose. Use of these materials in an education 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.