**Pre-Course Self-assessment Required**
This class will be held at Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional: 2 Stone Harbor Blvd, Cape May Court House, NJ 08210
Course Description:
The PALS Provider Course is designed for healthcare providers who either direct or participate in managing respiratory and/or cardiovascular emergencies and cardiopulmonary arrest in pediatric patients. This course uses precourse preparation, didactic instruction, and active participation in learning stations and simulated cases to enhance the recognition and intervention of respiratory emergencies, shock, and cardiopulmonary arrest.
On the date of your registered class, you will complete a 1 Day instructor-led classroom session. In this session, you will complete a BLS/CPR skills evaluation to review the child and infant CPR skills. High-performance CPR will be reviewed and practiced while being provided with real-time CPR feedback. You will then participate in skill stations (Airway, Vascular Access, and Defibrillator). You will then complete the PALS cases through team simulations.
This course will consist of:
- Recognition and treatment of infants and children at risk for cardiopulmonary arrest
- The systematic approach to pediatric assessment
- Effective respiratory management
- Validate skills for one- and two-person CPR and AED skills for infant and child
- Defibrillation and synchronized cardioversion
- Intraosseous access and fluid bolus administration
- Effective resuscitation team dynamics
Intended Audience:
The PALS Course is for healthcare providers who either direct or participate in managing respiratory and/or cardiovascular emergencies and cardiopulmonary arrest in pediatric patients. This includes personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care, and critical care units, such as physicians, nurses, paramedics, and others who need a PALS course completion card for a job or other requirements.
Prerequisites:
Participants must possess a current American Heart Association Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) card and must be able to provide a copy of their current card if requested.
- Knowledge of cardiac rhythms, PALS treatment algorithms, and PALS core pharmacology.
- Complete the precourse assessment test at PALS Pre-course Self-Assessment | Click “Launch This Course” and follow prompts | 70% or better is required.
Students who successfully complete the PALS Course (including achieving a score of 84% or higher on the course exam) and the hands-on session will receive a PALS Provider course completion card (e-Card), valid for two years.
Contact:
We look forward to welcoming you to this PALS course. Please call us if you have any questions.
If you do not receive an email within two business days after submitting your online registration request, please contact the Center for Resuscitation Education office at (856) 342-2009.
**Cooper Cape Regional employee (must use employee email address): COOPERCAPE
**COOPER employee promo code (must use Cooper email address): EMPLOYEE**