ABOUT THE COURSES
The goal of the PALS course is to aid the pediatrics healthcare provider in developing the knowledge and skills necessary to efficiently and effectively manage critically ill infants and children, resulting in improved outcomes. Skills taught include recognition and treatment of infants and children at risk for cardiopulmonary arrest; the systematic approach to pediatric assessment; effectively respiratory management; defibrillation and synchronized cardio version; intraosseous access and fluid bolus administration; and effective resuscitation team dynamics.
What You Will Learn
BLS & AED for Infants & Children
Systematic Approach to the Seriously I11 or Injured Child
- Initial Impression - Appearence, Breathing, Circulation (Color)
- Evaluae - Identify - Intervence
- Primary Assessment
- Secondary Assessment
- Diagnostic Assessment
- COURSE OVERVIEW
- BLS AND AED FOR INFANTS AND CHILDREN
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SYSTEMIC APPROACH TO THE SERIOUSLY ILL AND INJURED CHILD
a. INITIAL IMPRESSION TO INDENTIFY A LIFE THREATENING CONDITION
b. INITIAL IMPRESSION- APEARANCE , BREATHING , CIRCULATION
c. EVALUATE – INDENTIFY-INTERVENE
d. PRIMARY ASSESSMENT
e. SECONDARY ASS ESSMENT
f. DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT -
RECOGNITION AND MANAGEMENT OF CARDIAC ARREST
a) RAPID INTERVENTION TO PREVENT CARDIAC ARREST
b) LIFE THREATENING PROBLEMS
c) CARDIAC ARREST IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN
d) DEFINITION OF CARDIAC ARREST
e) CAUSES OF CARDIAC ARREST
f) RECOGNITION OF CARDIAC ARREST
g) MANAGEMENT OF CARDIAC ARREST - EFFECTIVE RESUSCITATION TEAM DYNAMICS
- RECOGNITION OF RESPIRATORY DISTRESS AND FAILURE
- MANAGEMENT OF RESPIRATORY DISTRESS AND FAILURE
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RESOURCES FOR MANAGEMENT OF RESPIRATORY EMERGENCIES
a) BAG MASK VENTILATION
b) SUCTIONING
c) OROPHARYNGEAL AIRWAY
d) OXYGEN DELIVERY SYSTEMS
e) NEBULIZER
f) METERED-DOSE INHALER
g) PULSE OXYMETRY
h) ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION -
RECOGNITION OF SHOCK
a) DEFINITION OF SHOCK
b) PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF SHOCK
c) INDENTIFICATION OF SHOCK BY SEVERITY
d) INDENTIFICATION OF SHOCK BY TYPE
e) RECOGNITION OF SHOCK FLOWCHART -
MANAGEMENT OF SHOCK
a) GOALS OF SHOCK MANAGEMENT
b) FUNDAMENTALS OF SHOCK MANAGEMENT
c) GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF SHOCK
d) FLUID THERAPY
e) GLUCOSE-MONITORING – DIAGNOSIS OF HYPOGLYCEMIA AND MANAGEMENT
f) MANAGEMENT ACCORDING TO TYPE OF SHOCK
g) MANAGEMENT OF SHOCK FLOWCHART -
RECOGNITION OF ARRHYTHMIAS
a) BRADYCARDIA AND TACHYARRHYTHMIAS
b) SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF BRADYCARDIA
c) RECOGNITION OF BRADY CARDIA AND TACHYARRHYTHMIAS
d) TYPES OF BRADYCARDIA
e) CLASSIFICATION OF TACHYCARDIA AND TACHYARRHYTMIAS -
MANAGEMENT OF ARRHYTHMIAS
a) PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT OF PEDIATRIC ARRHYTHMIAS
b) PEDIATRIC BRADYCARDIA WITH A PULSE AND POOR PERFUSION
c) MANAGEMENT OF TACHYARRHYTHMIAS
d) PEDIATRIC TACHYCARDIA WITH A PULSE AND ADEQUATE PERFUSION
e) PEDIATRIC TACHYCARDIA WITH A PULSE AND POOR PERFUSION -
POST – CARDIAC ARREST CARE
a) GOALS OF THERAPY
b) RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
c) CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
d) NEUROLOGIC SYSTEM -
APPENDIX
a) BLS COMPETENCY
b) SKILL STATION COMPETENCY
c) RHYTHM RECOGNITION
d) LEARNING STATION COMPETENCY
Certification
American Heart Association BLS/ACLS/PALS for Healthcare Providers Course Completion Card, which is valid for two years. In the classroom, students participate in simulated clinical scenarios and learning stations. Students work with an AHA BLS Instructor to complete BLS skills practice and skills testing. Students also complete a written exam.