PALS

Classroom Course with an American Safety and Health Institute Instructor

Register Online Below or Call: 1.877.531.2226

PALS Course Schedule

​7:00am
12:00pm
5:00pm

PALS 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.)

​PALS Course Length

Approximately 5 hours to complete, including skills practice and skills testing.
*Course time based on 1 Instructor: 1 student: 1 manikin

PALS Card

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

PALS Course Description

Attentive Safety CPR and Safety Training's PALS course is to improve the quality of care provided to seriously ill or injured children, resulting in improved outcomes. The ASHI Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) program is a scenario (case-based) continuing education course intended for trained and skilled healthcare providers who either direct or participate in cardiopulmonary and resuscitation emergencies in children.

​Based on the official text of the program, PALS Study Guide, 4th Edition by Barbara J Aehlert RN BSPA, PALS provides students with an opportunity to enhance and refine their knowledge and hands-on skill proficiency in emergency cardiovascular care. This pediatric advanced life support training program confirms to the 2015 AHA Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC.

Concepts and skills covered in the PALS course include:

• Patient Assessment and Teamwork
• Pediatric Basic Life Support
• Respiratory Emergencies
• Procedures for Managing Respiratory
Emergencies
• Shock
• Bradycardias
• Tachycardias
• Cardiac Arrest
• Simulation Equipment Orientation
• High-Quality Skills and Teamwork

PALS Testing and Exam Requirements

• Complete all course requirements as provided
  by an authorized ASHI instructor
  
• Written Exam: Successful completion requires
  a correct score of 70% or better.
  
• Performance Evaluation: Successfully complete 5 performance evaluations, 3 PBLS and 2 PALS:
  • High-quality infant BLS
  • High-quality child BLS
  • Bag Mask Ventilation
  • Respiratory or shock case management
  • Cardiac case management

Participant Pre-requisites

​All individuals who participate in an ASHI PALS class must be currently trained, skilled and be able to:
• Perform high-quality pediatric basic life support (PBLS)
• Read and interpret basic electrocardiograms (ECGs)
• Understand basic resuscitation pharmacology, prepare and administer essential medications 

​Who Needs PALS Certification?

Attentive Safety CPR and Safety Training's PALS 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 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 certification are:

• Physicians
• Registered Nurses
• Travel Nurses
• Nursing Students
• Paramedics
• Firefighters
• Nurse Practitioners
• Physician’s Assistants
• Dentists (performing conscious sedation)