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Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
Course Description:
The goal of the Pediatric Advanced Life Support Course is to provide the learner with:
- Information needed to recognize infants and children at risk for cardiopulmonary arrest
- Information and strategies needed to prevent cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children
- The cognitive and psychomotor skills needed to resuscitate and stabilize infants and children in respiratory failure, shock or cardiopulmonary arrest.
Course Length: 16 hours
Refresher Course Length: 8 hours
Intended Audience: Pediatricians, house staff, emergency physicians, family physicians, nurses, paramedics, respiratory therapists, and other healthcare providers who are responsible for the well-
Card Issued: 2 Year course completion
