New Pediatric Advanced Life Support 10/10/24
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:
- Identify what you look for to determine that continuous high-quality CPR is being performed
- Name one part of the post-cardiac arrest care assessment
- Identify an acute dysrhythmia
- Identify a problem that places the child at risk for cardiac arrest.
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
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 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation