This course is designed to aid the pediatric healthcare provider in developing the knowledge and skills necessary to efficiently and effectively manage critically ill infants and children, resulting in improved outcomes.
Students will need to pass a skills checklist as they rotate through the following skills stations: Respiratory Skills Station, IV & IO Access Skills Station, CPR-AED Skills Station, PALS Pharmacology and ECG Skills Station All students will be allowed to practice megacodes prior to skills testing and written exam.
Target Audience: Designed to assist the following healthcare providers; pediatrician, emergency physician, family physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, registered nurse, paramedic and other healthcare providers whoinitiate and direct advaced life support in a pediatric emergency.
Classroom
Requirements prior to attending PALS class:
+Must bring a Student PALS Manual to class
-E-books can be purchased for classroom course at: https://ebooks.heart.org
*ECC Handbook is optional
+ Complete Precourse Self Assessment with a score of 70% or above or student will be asked to reschedule.
Click on link below and the user code is available in the current PALS student manual.
https://ahainstructornetwork.americanheart.org/AHAECC/ecc.jsp?pid=ahaecc.studentlanding
Requirements of classroom:
+ Bring Precourse Self Assessment certificate of completion or email to hue.aha.tc@gmail.com prior to class
+ Students must rotate and successfully complete checklists for the skills stations prior to megacode practice:
-Respiratory Skills
-IV & IO Access Skills
-CPR-AED Skills
-PALS Pharmacology
-ECG Skills
*All students will be allowed to practice megacodes prior to written exam and megacode test.
Skills Test
Go to onlineAHA.org - Go to Find a course - Select Pediatric Advanced Cardiac Life Support (PALS) - Heartcode PALS is on screen - Click on Add to Cart -Click on Confirm order and Checkout.
+ Successfully complete the online course
+ Call, text 307.797.1487 or email Healthy U Educators at hue.aha.tc@gmail.com to set up a skills test date and time.
+ Print certificate of completion and bring to skills test appointment or email it to hue.aha.tc@gmail.com prior to skills test.
OR
email certificate of completion to hue.aha.tc@gmail.com prior to skills test appointment
