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American Red Cross Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Course
Program Description
American Red Cross Pediatric Advanced Life Support (10.00 clock hours)
The American Red Cross Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Course provides participants with the knowledge and skills they need to assess, recognize and care for pediatric patients who are experiencing a respiratory emergency, shock or a cardiac emergency. The course emphasizes providing high-quality patient care by integrating psychomotor skills, rhythm interpretation, electrical interventions and pharmacologic knowledge with critical thinking and problem solving to achieve the best possible outcomes.
Target Audience
This activity provides continuing education for physicians, nurses, and physician assistants. A certificate of attendance is available for other attendees.
Learning Objectives
- Demonstrate high-quality basic life support (BLS) skills, including high-quality chest compressions, effective ventilations and use of an AED.
- Apply concepts of effective teamwork when caring for a pediatric patient experiencing or a respiratory emergency, shock or a cardiac emergency.
- Integrate advanced communication, critical-thinking and problem-solving skills when responding as part of a team to a respiratory emergency, shock or a cardiac emergency.
- Apply a systematic, continuous approach to assess, recognize and care for a pediatric patient experiencing a respiratory emergency shock or a cardiac emergency.
- Effectively assess, recognize and care for a pediatric patient experiencing respiratory or cardiac arrest.
- Quickly recognize the nature of a respiratory emergency, shock or a cardiac emergency.
- Provide effective and appropriate pediatric advanced life support care to address a respiratory emergency, shock.
- Provide effective and appropriate care after a return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) during a resuscitation effort.
Additional Information
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DHA J-7 staff, Military Training Network, Planning Committee Members and reviewers have no financial or non-financial interest to disclose. All faculty members have no financial or non-financial interest to disclose.
Available Credit
- 10.00 Physician Assistants (AAPA)DHA J-7 CEPO has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 10.00 hours of AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Approval is valid until Friday, December 31, 2021 - 11:59pm ET. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
- 10.00 ACCME Non-Physician CME CreditDHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing education. ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit providers will be provided a certificate of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit providers may receive a maximum of 10.00 hours for completing this Course activity.
- 10.00 Physicians (ACCME)
DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
DHA, J-7, CEPO designated this Course for a maximum of 10.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 10.00 Nurses (ANCC)DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Joint Accreditation/ Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) to provide this Continuing Nursing Education Course for a maximum of 10.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 10.00 Certificate of Attendance
- 10.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)
In support of improving patient care, DHA, J-7, CEPO is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the health care team. This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 10.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.
