Description
HeartCode® PALS Online is a self-directed, comprehensive eLearning program that uses adaptive learning technology to allow learners to acquire and demonstrate Pediatric Advanced Life Support skills using a personalized learning path that adapts in real time to a learner’s performance. The program is designed for healthcare professionals who need Pediatric Advanced Life Support training for their clinical duties. HeartCode® PALS Online consists of a cognitive portion that is completed online. A separate psychomotor skills assessment using voice-assisted manikins with real-time audio and visual feedback or a skills assessment with an AHA Instructor is required to earn a valid AHA PALS Provider eCard that is valid for two years. Skills assessment must be purchased separately and completed within 90 days of the online course.
Get PALS Certified Online with the AHA’s HeartCode® Program
- Online instruction
- 5-hour course
- Requires hands-on skills test
- 3.75 – 5.25 CE hours
- Course Code 20-3555
How Does This Course Work?
HeartCode® PALS Online is the cognitive portion of training, completed online. A separate psychomotor skills assessment using voice assisted manikins with real-time audio and visual feedback or a skills assessment with an AHA Instructor is required to earn a valid AHA PALS Provider eCard, valid for two years.
If you would prefer to schedule in-person PALS training with Oregon CPR, click here to find an upcoming class.
Who Should Take this Course?
Required Skills Test Sold Separately
Students who successfully complete the online portion of the course must complete a skills test with an AHA PALS Instructor. Hands-on skills testing includes child 1-rescuer CPR, child bag mask device, infant 1- and 2-rescuer CPR, and relief of choking (optional). Students must successfully complete both the online portion and the hands-on session to receive a PALS Provider course completion card. Oregon CPR offers PALS skills tests, and you can schedule yours with us after completion of the online portion of the certification.
What Does this Course Teach?
Topics covered in this course are:
- Respiratory Emergencies – Recognition and early management of respiratory distress and failure
- Differentiation between patients who do require and do not require immediate interventions
- Performance as a high-performance team member
- Differentiation between respiratory distress and respiratory failure
- Management of respiratory distress and respiratory failure
- Differentiation between compensated and hypotensive (decompensated) shock
- Differentiation between types of shock
- Early interventions for the treatment of shock
- Bradycardic and tachycardic rhythms
- Clinical characteristics of instability in patients with arrhythmias
- Cardiac arrest and post-cardiac arrest management
