New Pediatric Advanced Life Support

July 30, 2024 to July 31, 2024

PALS training is designed to bring medical professionals beyond basic life support skills to provide more in-depth and comprehensive knowledge of advanced life support for the pediatric population.

This course will prepare teams to respond to critical situations in a more unified way—and that quality of teamwork saves lives.

Target Audience

Nurse

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course the learner will be able to:

  1. Identify what you look for to determine that continuous high-quality CPR is being performed
  2.  Name one part of the post-cardiac arrest care assessment
  3.  Identify an acute dysrhythmia
  4. Identify a problem that places the child at risk for cardiac arrest.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 6.75 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
Course opens: 
07/30/2024
Course expires: 
08/13/2024
Event starts: 
07/30/2024 - 9:00am EDT
Event ends: 
07/31/2024 - 12:00pm EDT
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PALS New Provider Day 1

9:00 – Course Introduction

9:10 – Science of Resuscitation

9:20 – Systematic Approach, Secondary Assessment

9:45 - Infant/Child BLS

10:00 – Breakout stations – Airway/IO vascular access (station 1), Infant/Child BLS testing (station 2)

10:45 – Break

11:00 – High Performance Teams

11:15 – Group discussion regarding AM topics/review as needed

11:45 – Lunch

12:30 – Management of Respiratory Emergencies

1:15 – Management of Shock Emergencies

2:00 – Break

2:15 – Management of Arrhythmia Emergencies

2:45 – Post Cardiac Arrest Care/Debrief of day 1

3:00 – Adjourn

PALS New Provider Day 2

9:00 – Welcome and review as needed

9:15 – Coping with Death

10:00 – Break

10:15 – Mega Code Testing/Written exam with rotating groups into Mega Code Testing

12:00 – Remediation as needed, class adjourns

UPMC Jameson
PA
United States

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 6.75 contact hours.

 

Available Credit

  • 6.75 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
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