PALS Provider

PALS Provider

Instructor-led, hands-on class format with an American Heart Association Instructor
​​You must complete the online Precourse Self-Assessment and Precourse Work prior to attending course. 

PALS Provider Course Description

Attentive Safety offers the PALS Provider course for healthcare providers who respond to emergencies in infants and children and for personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units. Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a course completion card, valid for two years. Please contact your employer to ensure that you are selecting the correct course.

​The PALS Provider Course aims to improve outcomes for pediatric patients by preparing healthcare providers to effectively recognize and intervene in patients with respiratory emergencies, shock, and cardiopulmonary arrest by using high‐performance team dynamics and high‐quality individual skills. The course includes a series of case scenario practices with simulations that reinforce important concepts. Upon successful completion of all the patient cases, students must pass the 50 question, multiple-choice exam with a minimum score of 84%. 

After successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  • Perform high‐quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) per American Heart Association (AHA) basic life support (BLS) recommendations
  • Differentiate between patients who do and do not require immediate intervention
  • Recognize cardiopulmonary arrest early and begin CPR within 10 seconds
  • Apply team dynamics
  • Differentiate between respiratory distress and failure
  • Perform early interventions for respiratory distress and failure
  • Differentiate between compensated and decompensated (hypotensive) shock
  • Perform early interventions for the treatment of shock
  • Differentiate between unstable and stable patients with arrhythmias
  • Describe clinical characteristics of instability in patients with arrhythmias
  • Implement post–cardiac arrest management
  • Includes realistic, clinical scenarios that encourage active participation – delivered through actual pediatric patient videos and lifelike simulations
  • Comprehensive and includes our systematic approach to assess and treat pediatric patients in emergency situations
  • Hands-on class format to reinforce skills proficiency
  • Co-branded with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Concepts and skills covered in the PALS Provider course include:

  • review of BLS and AED for infants and children
  • systematic approach to the seriously ill or injured child
  • recognition and management of cardiac arrest
  • effective resuscitation team dynamics
  • recognition and management of respiratory distress and failure
  • bag-mask ventilation, suctioning, and other airway management techniques
  • recognition and management of shock
  • circulatory emergencies
  • recognition and management of arrhythmias
  • post-cardiac arrest care.

Mandatory Precourse Self-Assessment and Precourse Work Requirements

  • All students must complete the Precourse Self-Assessment and achieve a score of at least 70% before taking the PALS Course.
  • Once a student has passed the Precourse Self-Assessment, they will gain access to the Precourse Work video lessons.
  • All video lessons must be reviewed before entering the classroom.
  • Students must print their successful Precourse Self-Assessment completion certificate and bring it with them to class.
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PALS Provider Course Schedule

10:00am
3:00pm

PALS Provider Course Cost

$200.00
​(Payment must be received at least 24 hours prior to class time or $25 Walk-In fee applies. Please call for availability first if paying less than 24 hours.)

​​2015 Guidelines: Open Resource Exams FAQ 

​As part of the new education methodologies, the AHA has adopted an open-resource policy for exams administered online through an eLearning course and in a classroom-based course. Learn more about Open Resource Exams and the rationale behind them here.

PALS Provider Card

PALS Provider is a credentialed course.
Providers who successfully complete the PALS course receive a course completion card valid for two years.

PALS Provider Course Estimated Time

Approximate course completion times are listed below.
Times are based on a recommended ratio of 6 students to 1 Instructor to 1 manikin or station (NOTE: the CPR and AED and Management of Respiratory Emergencies stations require 1 Instructor and 2 manikins for 6 students per station). Using different ratios will result in increased course completion times.

PALS ILT Full Course: 12.5 hours with breaks; 10.5 hours without breaks
PALS ILT Update Course: 8 hours and 45 minutes with breaks, 8 hours and 15 minutes without breaks
PALS ILT Traditional Full Course: 17 hours and 15 minutes with breaks; 16 hours and 45 minutes without breaks
​Successful completion is based on achievement of the core learning objectives rather than a prescribed instruction time.

PALS Testing and Exam Requirements

  • Participation in the classroom course, including completion of all learning stations
  • Completion of the open-resource written exam with a minimum score of 84%
  • Passing the 1- and 2-Rescuer Child BLS With AED and 1- and 2-Rescuer Infant BLS Skills
  • Tests
  • Passing 2 PALS core case scenarios (1 cardiac and 1 respiratory or shock) as a team leader, providing appropriate medical treatment and demonstrating effective team dynamics
 
Required skills stations include:
  • Child CPR and AED
  • Infant CPR
  • Management of Respiratory Emergencies
  • Rhythm Disturbances/Electrical Therapy
  • Vascular Access 

​Is PALS Provider the right course for me?

Attentive Safety offers the PALS Provider course for healthcare providers who respond to emergencies in infants and children and for personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units. Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a course completion card, valid for two years. Please contact your employer to ensure that you are selecting the correct course.

​Who Needs PALS Provider Certification?

Attentive Safety CPR and Safety Training's PALS Provider course is designed for healthcare professionals who either direct or participate in the management of respiratory and/or cardiovascular emergencies and cardiopulmonary arrest in pediatric patients.

These requirements are driven by state licensing board regulations and detail which particular healthcare agencies or individual healthcare license holders that are required to maintain PALS Provider certification. This class can also be taken by medical professionals or students in a medical program who are interested in expanding their knowledge.

Individuals that usually require an PALS Provider certification are:

Continuing Education Credits for EMS Professionals

Attentive Safety CPR and Safety Training is now able to offer Continuing Education credits through CAPCE (Commission on Accreditation for Pre-Hospital Continuing Education) for EMS professionals. This continuing education activity is approved by the American Heart Association, an organization accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE), for 2.25 Basic CEHs, activity number 18-AMHA-F2-0001.