PEARS Provider

PEARS Provider

Instructor-led, hands-on class format with an AHA PEARS Instructor​

PEARS 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.)

PEARS Provider Course Schedule

10:00am
3:00pm

PEARS ​Provider Course Locations

  • ​1640 Powers Ferry Rd SE Bldg 18 Suite 300, Marietta, Georgia 30067
  • ​3688 Clearview Ave Suite 201, Doraville, Georgia 30340

PEARS 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 (the CPR section requires 1 Instructor and 2 manikins for 6 students per station). Also, Instructors may choose to test CPR skills in the BLS Competency lesson or Team Dynamics Practice: Cardiac Arrest Cases. Using different ratios will result in increased course completion times.
  • Full course with optional lessons: 7 hours, 45 minutes, plus additional time for breaks and lunch
  • Full course without optional lessons: 7 hours, 10 minutes, plus additional time for breaks and lunch 

PEARS Provider Course Description

Attentive Safety offers the AHA’s PEARS (Pediatric Emergency Assessment, Recognition and Stabilization) classroom-based, Instructor-led course, where students learn how to use a systematic approach to quickly assess, recognize the cause, and stabilize a pediatric patient in an emergency situation.

​During PEARS, students interact with real patient cases, and realistic simulations and animations to assess and stabilize pediatric patients experiencing respiratory and shock emergencies, and cardiopulmonary arrest. PEARS prepares students to provide appropriate lifesaving interventions within the initial minutes of response until a child can be transferred to an advanced life support provider.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
  • Perform BLS consistent with the 2015 AHA Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC
  • Evaluate a seriously ill or injured child by using the pediatric systematic approach
  • Apply effective team dynamics
  • Demonstrate initial stabilization of a seriously ill or injured child, including a child with cardiac arrest, respiratory distress, or shock 

PEARS Provider Card

Students who successfully complete the PEARS Course will receive a PEARS Provider course completion card (print or eCard), valid for 2 years. Course completion requirements include:
  • Active participation in the case discussions
  • Active participation in the rescue breathing skills station and cardiac arrest case simulations
  • Pass the skills tests in 1- and 2-rescuer child BLS with AED and 1- and 2-rescuer infant BLS
  • Pass the video-based written exam with a minimum score of 84%

​Who Needs PEARS Provider Certification?

The AHA’s PEARS Course is designed for healthcare providers and others who might encounter pediatric emergency situations during their work, including:
  • Physicians and nurses not specializing in pediatrics
  • Nurse practitioners
  • Physician assistants
  • EMTs,
  • Respiratory therapists
  • Prehospital and in-facility healthcare providers (outside of critical-care areas)
  • Outpatient clinic staff
  • School-based providers
  • Any other healthcare provider who infrequently sees critically ill or injured infants and children​

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.