Description:
The American Heart Association’s PALS course builds on the foundation of lifesaving BLS skills, emphasizing the importance of preventing cardiac arrest, early and continuous high-quality CPR, and high-performing teams. The course reflects science and education from the 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).
The Flipped format is most similar to a "flipped-classroom approach" where the didactic portion is completed online before class and the in-person session is more focused on the instruction of skills, scenarios, & testing. This course requires a 2025 student manual, completion of the mandatory precourse self-assessment, AND completion of the mandatory precourse work (videos) BEFORE class.
Intended Audience
The PALS Course is for healthcare providers who either direct or participate in the management of respiratory and/or cardiovascular emergencies and cardiopulmonary arrest in pediatric patients, and for personnel in emergency response.
What does this course teach?
After successfully completing this course, students should be able to:
- Dsicuss the science of pediatric resuscitation
- Recognize cardiac arrest and perform prompt, high quality CPR and AED use on pediatrics
- Understand the systemic approach to care
- Understand secondary assessment
- Discuss and implement in practice team dynamics
- Recognize respiratory emergencies and perform airway managements
- Cover respiratory video case discussions
- Cover shock video case discussions
- Discuss and practice management of shock
- Recognize and manage care for arrhythmia emergencies
- Cover arrhythmia video case discussions
- Recognize rhythm disturbances and perform electrical therapy skills practice
- Describe post cardiac arrest management
Is there a required textbook for this course?
The AHA requires that all students have a student manual for the course, therefore, students must bring a 2025 PALS Student Manual, hard-copy or eBook (purchased seperately.) Without the book, the student will not be permitted to participate in the course.