Raven EMS Education Program Manual
RAV-280 Pediatric Advanced Life Support (Red Cross PALS) Course

This course teaches the proper evaluation and treatment of a pediatric patient in cardiopulmonary arrest (NC Community Colleges, 2024).

Course Description

The Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) class from the American Red Cross is the scientifically equivalent and educationally superior choice. Not only does it include the latest science-based curriculum, but with options that allow you to streamline your training and improve skill retention, it can help you better serve your smallest patients. Throughout your PALS course, you’ll learn to assess, recognize and provide high-quality care to pediatric patients experiencing life-threatening medical emergencies, including shock, cardiac and respiratory events, as well as how to provide care after the return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) during a resuscitation effort. In addition, our course will challenge your critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, and help improve your teamwork skills to provide better patient care (ARC, 2024).

Prerequisites

Course Options

• Blended Learning: PALS classes are easy to integrate into your life with our innovative Blended Learning program. By combining online safety coursework with an in-person skills session, they allow you to learn at your own pace – and in the place, and on the device, you like best. Throughout the course, our interactive scenarios will help you understand the often-nuanced facets of pediatric care and will help improve your clinical decision-making skills. After completing the online portion of course, and passing the final written exam, you’ll attend an in-person skills session where you’ll demonstrate your PALS skills to a certified Red Cross instructor. Once you’ve passed both sections of the course, you’ll receive a two-year Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification. When you enroll in a PALS Blended Learning class from the Red Cross, you’ll not only get world-class education, but with our adaptive learning functionality, you’ll also have the opportunity to get a more personalized learning experience. And because we provide experienced participants with the opportunity to test out of sessions if they demonstrate competency, you can reduce your overall class time and earn your PALS certification faster.
• Classroom: Designed for those who learn best in a traditional classroom setting, class participants attend lecture and skills sessions with other students in a designated physical location.
• Experienced Providers: For experienced providers, we offer a review a brief, in-person skills review before testing (Review Option), as well as the option to skip the review and immediately take the skills test (Challenge Option), so you can earn your recertification even faster.

Course Topics

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