Class Enrollment

PALS Renewal
Date/Time:	Sat 4/26/2025 at 8:00 AM
Location:	Orchard Park Fire District EMS Training Facility
Class Price:	$125.00

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

The AHA’s PALS Course has been updated to reflect new science in the 2020 AHA Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC. This classroom, Instructor-led course uses a series of videos and simulated pediatric emergencies to reinforce the important concepts of a systematic approach to pediatric assessment, basic life support, PALS treatment algorithms, effective resuscitation, and team dynamics. The goal of the PALS Course is to improve the quality of care provided to seriously ill or injured children, resulting in improved outcomes.

*Students wishing to renew BLS CPR skills must have a current BLS Provider card and either a BLS Provider Manual or a HeartCode BLS certificate of completion.

You must REGISTER no later than two weeks prior to the beginning of the course.  There is a minimum class size of 6 students. The class may be cancelled if the minimum class size is not met.

Prerequisits

Students taking this Renewal Course must have a current PALS provider card at the time of the class. 

Reading and interpreting ECGs
Understanding PALS drugs
Current BLS Certification
BLS Skills current
Complete the PALS Precourse Self-Assessment https://elearning.heart.org/course/427.  *  Students must print their successful Precourse Self-Assessment score report and course completion certificate and bring it with them to class.

Features
Classroom-based courses work well for learners who prefer group interaction and instructor feedback while learning
Course includes realistic, clinical scenarios that encourage active participation – delivered through actual pediatric patient videos and lifelike simulations
Course is comprehensive and includes our systematic approach to assess and treat pediatric patients in emergency situations
Course uses a hands-on class format to reinforce skills proficiency
Co-branded with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Course Content
High-quality Child CPR AED and Infant CPR
Recognition of patients who do and do not require immediate intervention
Recognition of cardiopulmonary arrest early and application of CPR within 10 seconds
Apply team dynamics
Differentiation between respiratory distress and failure
Early interventions for respiratory distress and failure
Differentiation between compensated and decompensated (hypotensive) shock
Early interventions for the treatment of shock
Differentiation between unstable and stable patients with arrhythmias
Clinical characteristics of instability in patients with arrhythmias
Post–cardiac arrest management

Course Format/Time

The Renewal Course requires approximately 6 hours 20 minutes, plus additional time for breaks and lunch